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Jeff Merkley: “I want to turn to your experience. The caution I would have is against trying to use the challenges of banks in rural…”

On the recordOctober 27, 2015
I want to turn to your experience. The caution I would have is against trying to use the challenges of banks in rural America as a wedge to restore the New York Wall Street casino operations that brought down America.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley warns against using rural bank challenges to benefit Wall Street.

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