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Barack Obama: Ordinary people deserve to be treated fairly and honestly in their financial dealings.

On the recordJuly 16, 2011
Ordinary people deserve to be treated fairly and honestly in their financial dealings.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Press Release - President Obama Announces Richard Cordray as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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