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Nydia Velázquez: “So why is that? If the need is there, why only 14 loans when in the CARES Act we invested $75 billion?”

On the recordAugust 31, 2020
So why is that? If the need is there, why only 14 loans when in the CARES Act we invested $75 billion?
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Nydia Velázquez
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the low number of loans from the Main Street Lending Facility despite high investment.

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