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Sherrod Brown: “So that means when one of the huge Wall Street banks--these six banks--is getting a three-quarters percent, roughly…”

On the recordMay 6, 2010
So that means when one of the huge Wall Street banks--these six banks--is getting a three-quarters percent, roughly, interest rate differential--a bonus, perhaps--that means that banks in Delaware and Ohio that aren't so big are at a competitive disadvantage. I assume that also means those big banks have opportunities to get larger. If the playing field is not level, those toward whom it tilts get other advantages and grow larger and larger, making the point of our amendment that much stronger.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio
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govinfo.gov
May 6, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker addresses the competitive disadvantages faced by smaller banks compared to large Wall Street banks.

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