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On the recordJuly 15, 2020
I am just appalled, to be quite frank with you, at the fact that the consumer always seems to find himself or herself groveling to a certain extent to get something that these big banks get as a matter of course.
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Al Green
Democratic · Texas

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Expressing frustration over consumers struggling to receive fair treatment compared to big banks.

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