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Maxine Waters: “I am disappointed that a package to destabilize CFPB's leadership and its autonomy and tie its funding to the whims of…”

On the recordJune 17, 2014
I am disappointed that a package to destabilize CFPB's leadership and its autonomy and tie its funding to the whims of the congressional appropriations process made its way through the House of Representatives.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Waters expresses disappointment over legislation threatening CFPB's autonomy.

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