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Jeff Merkley: “Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I appreciated the reference, Mr. Chairman, to the Small Business Lending Fund, which was a…”

On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I appreciated the reference, Mr. Chairman, to the Small Business Lending Fund, which was a proposal that I developed in response to a problem we saw in community banks in Oregon.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley discusses his proposal to support community banks and small businesses.

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