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Gregory Meeks: We don't want folks to go to the dark, so it would seem to me where your agency is a godsend to me is not to wipe out…

On the recordMarch 15, 2016
We don't want folks to go to the dark, so it would seem to me where your agency is a godsend to me is not to wipe out all of these businesses, but to try to make sure that we regulate them.
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Gregory Meeks
Democratic · New York

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Meeks advocates for regulation of alternative financial services to protect consumers.

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