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Jeff Merkley: “Well, you might be familiar with--we have a stress test in the Bank on Our Communities Act to avoid putting funds into…”

On the recordMarch 1, 2010
Well, you might be familiar with--we have a stress test in the Bank on Our Communities Act to avoid putting funds into banks that are failing...
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley discusses the importance of stress tests for banks to protect taxpayer investments.

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