But you do agree that these local banks play a critical role and the capital they provide play a critical role in job creation, and if they are bound up and do not loan money because regulators are putting the boots to them, the economic recovery is going to be slow in coming?
Tester emphasizes the importance of local banks in job creation and economic recovery.
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In the end, do you think you can deliver this at or less of a cost the pipeline would have run you?
I think it's really important for food security. The folks -- this is a ban against China, Russia, North Korea and Iran, folks who don't want to see us exist anymore as a nation.
I know of no further debate on the bill, as amended. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill having been read the third time and there being no further debate, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The bill (S. 1987), as amended, was passed.
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