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Al Green: “If we want to help you and the $60 million banks and the billion-dollar banks and the banks under $10 billion and we…”

On the recordMarch 17, 2015
If we want to help you and the $60 million banks and the billion-dollar banks and the banks under $10 billion and we legislate such that we cover $50 billion banks, why don't we just repeal Dodd-Frank?
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Al Green
Democratic · Texas

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Green argues that legislation aimed at small banks may inadvertently aid larger banks.

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