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Maxine Waters: “Yes. That is the latter part. That is the latter part of this amendment. But the amendment that I am speaking to now is…”

On the recordSeptember 10, 2003
Yes. That is the latter part. That is the latter part of this amendment. But the amendment that I am speaking to now is the one where I said consumer reporting agencies must disclose the names and addresses of all sources of information. California requires consumer reporting agencies to, with a reasonable degree of certainty, match at least three categories identifying information. I read a list of items that had been preempted that none of us thought had been preempted, and I am trying to carve out for California and put them back in.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Discussing an amendment related to consumer reporting agencies and information disclosure.

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