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Elizabeth Warren: “My concern is that you were the head of the FHA. It was your responsibility to see to it that standards were set so that…”

On the recordOctober 25, 2017
My concern is that you were the head of the FHA. It was your responsibility to see to it that standards were set so that these banks did not file false claims, and then as soon as you leave the FHA, you go to a business whose job it is to make sure that these banks, who have broken the law, pay as small a penalty as possible.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren criticizes the revolving door between government and private sector.

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