Locals meet with Obama staffer and Rep. Tierney

U.S. Congressman John Tierney and professor Elizabeth Warren met in late June with a small group of local community bankers, mortgage bankers and realtors. Warren serves as assistant to President Obama and a special advisor to the secretary of the treasury on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

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Source: The Salem Gazette

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