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On the recordJune 27, 2011
So if I am an investor, would I not want to pay a higher price, if you will, for loans originated by community banks and credit unions where they have a tradition of kind of honest underwriting, if you will?
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley questions the pricing of loans from community banks versus larger lenders.

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