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Gary Peters: “Removing this critical flexibility is a detriment to rural communities like those that I represent in West Virginia.”

On the recordJuly 22, 2014
Removing this critical flexibility is a detriment to rural communities like those that I represent in West Virginia.
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Gary Peters
Democratic · Michigan

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Critiques Dodd-Frank for limiting lending flexibility in rural areas.

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