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On the recordDecember 9, 2009
So, your statement here today is, the reason we're having a problem with small business lending is that you're making the money available to the small banks and they just won't come.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren highlights the reluctance of small banks to engage with government capital.

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