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Speaker 1: wants the job. President Joe Biden nominated the former MasterCard

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Speaker 1: The nomination comes as Biden pitches himself as a defender

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Speaker 1: Venga's nomination comes less than a month after Biden pits

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Speaker 1: himself to the American public as the economic populace, defending

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Speaker 1: of the Union Addrafts, where he said, we've reduced exorbitant

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Speaker 1: I know how unfair it feels when a company overcharges

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Speaker 1: all that. It's called the Junk Fee Protection Act. Firms

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Speaker 1: like the Consumer Bankers Association, which lobbies lawmakers on behalf

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Speaker 1: another headline that I thought i'd just bring to your

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Speaker 1: There's another major bank that racks up huge bill in penalties.

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Speaker 1: Let's talk about it, Bank of America. Bank of America

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Speaker 1: totaled one point two billion in penalties settlements in twenty

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Speaker 1: Bank of America then also paid outside of that, two

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Speaker 1: United States of America literally pick a former CEO of MasterCard.

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Speaker 1: Not because he's trying to protect you, because if he was,

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Speaker 1: you're gonna back. We're gonna stand up for you, the

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