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Andy Barr: “And let us really get at the core issue here, the core issue is that some of the witnesses on the panel are making the…”

On the recordApril 30, 2019
And let us really get at the core issue here, the core issue is that some of the witnesses on the panel are making the argument, as I perceive it, that credit scores are a proxy for race. Do you agree with that or not?
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Andy Barr
Republican · Kentucky

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Barr questions the claim that credit scores reflect racial bias.

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