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Luetkemeyer: “If government employees acting without statutory authority can coerce banks into denying services to firms engaged in…”

On the recordJuly 14, 2014
If government employees acting without statutory authority can coerce banks into denying services to firms engaged in lawful behavior that the government doesn't like, where does it stop?
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Luetkemeyer
Missouri

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Warning against government overreach in banking regulation.

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