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Dick Durbin: “My fear is that we're starting to look at this as a Junior Chamber of Commerce instead of what it was originally…”

On the recordApril 21, 2004
My fear is that we're starting to look at this as a Junior Chamber of Commerce instead of what it was originally destined to be.
Said by
Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
Source
congress.gov
Apr 21, 2004

Editor's note · Context

Durbin expresses concern about the changing philosophy of micro finance.

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