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Maxine Waters: “I led 40 other current and former Members of Congress to file an amicus curiae brief with the D.C. Circuit Court of…”

On the recordApril 4, 2017
I led 40 other current and former Members of Congress to file an amicus curiae brief with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's independent structure and its clear constitutionality.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Describing her action to support the Bureau's structure legally.

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