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Tim Scott: “It is as if we prevent minorities from getting mortgages because of Dodd-Frank.”

On the recordApril 15, 2015
It is as if we prevent minorities from getting mortgages because of Dodd-Frank.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Senator Scott highlights contradictions in Dodd-Frank affecting minority mortgage access.

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