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Summer Lee: “Are we really going to let another corrupt and greedy financial executive sneak away unscathed like in the aftermath of…”

On the recordMay 23, 2023
Are we really going to let another corrupt and greedy financial executive sneak away unscathed like in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis?
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Lee questions accountability for executives after the Silicon Valley Bank collapse.

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