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On the recordNovember 13, 2018
I and 18 of my Democratic colleagues wrote the Fed urging you not to weaken capital rules for the globally systemically important banks.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Waters expressed concern about weakening capital rules for major banks.

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