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Bill Lee: “It does not, again, make any sense from a financial institution standpoint to not allow this bill to come forward for…”

On the recordSeptember 23, 2004
It does not, again, make any sense from a financial institution standpoint to not allow this bill to come forward for discussion because financial institutions will benefit from this economic stimulus initiative. Some of the organizations that have supported the trust fund, let me just share this with the gentlewoman: the National Cooperative Bank Community Development Corporation, the Congress for Community and Economic Development, National Neighborhood Coalition, the National Credit Union Foundation, the National Community Building Network. I could go on and on about the financial institutions that have supported this.
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Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee

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Discussing the benefits of a bill for financial institutions during a floor debate.

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