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On the recordFebruary 5, 2024
if there had been adequate capital at Silicon Valley Bank, we could have aborted what took place in the way that it did.
Said by
Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Arguing that better capital could have prevented the bank's failure.

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