I am very grateful to Senator Shaheen and Senator Snowe and others who supported their efforts to strengthen the role of our community banks that play such a critical role. As the Senator from New Hampshire pointed out, they were never a source of the problems in the residential mortgage market at all. That deserves to be repeated over and over.
Senator Dodd discusses the importance of community banks and their role in the financial system.
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