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Maxine Waters: “I appreciate this hearing we are having today, but I appreciate more than anything the fact that you have been in the…”

On the recordJune 10, 2020
I appreciate this hearing we are having today, but I appreciate more than anything the fact that you have been in the leadership of dealing with the problem that so many of us have been concerned about for so long, and that is, what are we going to do about the unbanked?
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Waters emphasizes the importance of addressing the issue of unbanked individuals.

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