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Maxine Waters: “I believe that we should seek to confirm and quantify the expected impact on these groups before implementing an…”

On the recordMay 15, 2019
I believe that we should seek to confirm and quantify the expected impact on these groups before implementing an accounting rule that has material real-world consequences.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Waters emphasizes the need to assess impacts on minority banks before new accounting rules.

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