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Ayanna Pressley: “However, comparatively it doesn't sound as generous when you think about the fact that over $43 billion have been paid…”

On the recordApril 9, 2019
However, comparatively it doesn't sound as generous when you think about the fact that over $43 billion have been paid by your bank in fines in just this decade since the financial crisis.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Pressley critiques the bank's community funding relative to its fines.

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