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On the recordSeptember 29, 2015
We are pushing on banks, calling banks predatory and putting all kinds of new regulations on banks on campus.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Lankford discusses regulatory focus on banks rather than on educational innovation.

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