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On the recordNovember 28, 2017
These are worthy objectives and are reflected in a number of important provisions in the bill.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Waters discusses the objectives of proposals related to countering human trafficking and modernizing the Bank Secrecy Act.

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