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Dick Durbin: “But that was their idea of micro credit and micro enterprise, $10,000 a week.”

On the recordApril 21, 2004
But that was their idea of micro credit and micro enterprise, $10,000 a week.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
Source
congress.gov
Apr 21, 2004

Editor's note · Context

Durbin critiques the focus on larger loans instead of smaller impactful ones.

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