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Nydia Velazquez: “Lending is drying up and small businesses are paying the…”

Featuring: Nydia Velazquez, Democratic | U.S. House New York, District 7

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Published | Video Starts at 09:37

Four times. Lenders do not know what to do. Borrowers don't know if they qualify. The ruddy approach is creating chaos. For Main Street. Lending is drying up and small businesses are paying the price. When you create chaos at the sba, when you single out immigrants for exclusion, when you pile compliance burdens on lenders, you don't just hurt these targeted communities, you are … (09:37–09:42)

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Asserts that lending is decreasing, negatively impacting small businesses.

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