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On the recordOctober 22, 2013
I think it is important that the first question I want to ask is that by permitting the BDCs to invest all of these funds in financial firms instead of the nonfinancial small businesses, would not that divert capital from the small, growing businesses that the BDCs were originally created to help?
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David Scott
Democratic · Georgia

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Scott questions if BDCs investing in financial firms diverts funds from small businesses.

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