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Ayanna Pressley: “The reason we are here today is oversight, or more accurately, the lack of oversight in this space.”

On the recordJuly 16, 2019
The reason we are here today is oversight, or more accurately, the lack of oversight in this space.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley emphasizes the need for regulatory oversight in financial services.

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