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On the recordSeptember 28, 2016
Well, something is going wrong at this bank, and you are the head of it. So shouldn't the board then turn--from your own admission, if the buck stops with you, as you came out here and said, I apologize, the buck stops with me, and you have to also admit that criminal activity was going on in your bank, then you should be fired because it stops with you.
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Gregory Meeks
Democratic · New York

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Meeks argues for accountability of the bank's leadership amid wrongdoing.

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