I hear you, but, Mr. Chairman, you stated yesterday--or I don't recall when--that the coronavirus is a great increaser of inequality, yet you decided not to collect voluntary demographic data on borrowers in the Main Street program.
Velazquez questions the lack of demographic data collection for small business loans.
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