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Robert Pittenger: “I recognize the impediments that have been placed upon the banking industry today--in North Carolina alone we have lost…”

On the recordMarch 20, 2017
I recognize the impediments that have been placed upon the banking industry today--in North Carolina alone we have lost 40 percent of our banks--and truly restricting credit and capital, particularly in the rural communities which I serve.
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Robert Pittenger
North Carolina

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Pittenger discusses the negative impact of regulations on banking in rural North Carolina.

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