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On the recordNovember 14, 2016
I am appalled that the reaction on Wall Street to Tuesday's election is record highs for bank stocks...
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Waters criticizes Wall Street's reaction to election results and warns against deregulation.

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