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Hank Johnson: “I don't understand why the majority, or the folks on the other side, would bring a community banker up here to help in…”

On the recordJuly 9, 2012
I don't understand why the majority, or the folks on the other side, would bring a community banker up here to help in the effort to get rid of Dodd-Frank.
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Hank Johnson
Democratic · Georgia

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Johnson questions the rationale behind targeting Dodd-Frank regulations affecting community banks.

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