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Susan Collins: “How is the SBA going to ensure, when you have over 5,000 lenders and 270 certified development companies that are making…”

On the recordJune 1, 2009
How is the SBA going to ensure, when you have over 5,000 lenders and 270 certified development companies that are making loans, how are you going to ensure the integrity of that process when your nondisaster staff is shrinking?
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Collins questions the SBA's ability to maintain integrity with reduced staffing.

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