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Al Green: “Friends, if you like kickbacks you will love the CHOICE Act because it will allow hardworking Americans to go into a…”

On the recordApril 25, 2017
Friends, if you like kickbacks you will love the CHOICE Act because it will allow hardworking Americans to go into a lending institution to acquire a loan and receive an indication that he or she has qualified for a loan at 8 percent when they actually qualified for a loan at 5 percent.
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Al Green
Democratic · Texas

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Criticism of the CHOICE Act for enabling predatory lending practices.

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