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On the recordDecember 2, 2015
Mr. President, I appreciate the remarks of the senior Senator from Massachusetts, who has brought so much personal research in the course of her career and passion and insight to this battle and who put forward the idea of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to provide oversight of these predatory practices and who has been such a watchdog about these practices. I would just ask her before she leaves the floor, why is it that this discussion is happening right now, in terms of policy riders on must- pass spending bills, rather than happening in the light of day with a committee hearing--a banking committee hearing--where this can be fully discussed and debated?
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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