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On the recordFebruary 10, 2014
It is just such a cruel irony that the country, the nation that gave birth to this notion of expanding Microcredit... is now seeing that effort thwarted.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin criticizes the current government for undermining Microcredit initiatives.

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