In other words, the primary regulator who is supposed to provide oversight of the industry, ask the toughest questions, and scrutinize the merger has longstanding ties through her former employment to one of the banks requesting this merger.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “In other words, the primary regulator who is supposed to provide oversight of the industry, ask the toughest questions…”
On the recordJuly 23, 2019
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She points out potential conflicts of interest in the FDIC's oversight of a bank merger.
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