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Maxine Waters: “I want all the big banks, because I am going to be asking every one of them, to figure out how we can put capital into…”

On the recordMarch 9, 2020
I want all the big banks, because I am going to be asking every one of them, to figure out how we can put capital into some of these small community MDIs.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Waters emphasizes the need for big banks to invest in minority depository institutions.

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