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Gwen Moore: This being 'low-hanging fruit.' Low-hanging fruit, of course, being proxy language for the Bank being low-hanging fruit…

On the recordApril 14, 2015
This being 'low-hanging fruit.' Low-hanging fruit, of course, being proxy language for the Bank being low-hanging fruit in pursuit of a larger goal of really dismantling any kind of governmental assistance.
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Gwen Moore
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Moore critiques the characterization of the Bank as an easy target for dismantling government assistance.

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