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Maxine Waters: “At some point, it may be appropriate to consider whether oversight has become a disguise for harassment.”

On the recordJuly 8, 2013
At some point, it may be appropriate to consider whether oversight has become a disguise for harassment.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Maxine Waters questions if congressional oversight of the CFPB is turning into harassment.

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