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On the recordJune 21, 2017
The CFPB has returned $12 billion to 29 million consumers. I really do not understand the motivation behind stripping the Bureau of its powers.
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Catherine Cortez Masto
Democratic · Nevada

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Cortez Masto defends the CFPB's effectiveness and questions efforts to reduce its authority.

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