Political Quotes

On the recordApril 12, 2010
If I were a shareholder in a bank that I became aware had big problems of fraud in its origination process, I would not want to own the shares of that bank.
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Coburn expresses concern about owning shares in a bank with known fraud issues.

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