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Nydia M. Velazquez: I didn't know that the other side liked TARP so much that you want to keep it going. We have put safeguards, penalties…

On the recordJune 17, 2010
I didn't know that the other side liked TARP so much that you want to keep it going. We have put safeguards, penalties, restrictions, oversight in place. This is another bureaucratic layer that will hinder the needs of small businesses to access capital.
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Nydia M. Velazquez
New York
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govinfo.gov
Jun 17, 2010

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The speaker is criticizing the continuation of TARP and its impact on small businesses.

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