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On the recordMay 18, 2016
If the goal of this bill is to promote investment in small businesses that make things and provide services to their communities, then why does it allow BDCs to divert even more money, up to 50 percent of their portfolio, away from small businesses and into other financial firms?
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren questions the BDC bill's impact on small business investment.

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