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Dick Durbin: “So I further ask, through the Chair, the Senator from North Carolina is saying, if we want to protect military families…”

On the recordMay 18, 2010
So I further ask, through the Chair, the Senator from North Carolina is saying, if we want to protect military families from this outrageous conduct by these lenders, then should not we protect all American families who might be in similar circumstances, ensnared by these people who will continue to roll these loans over and over to the point where a person cannot possibly pay it off? Does not the Senator's amendment say there has to be a limit to the number of rollovers on the loans, and is not the limit somewhere in the range of six rollovers, six times rolled over as a maximum?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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May 18, 2010

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Senator Durbin is discussing protections for families against predatory lending practices.

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