Comptroller of the Currency John D. Hawke, Jr.

Addresses Women in Housing and Finance

 

WASHINGTON -- Comptroller of the Currency John D. Hawke, Jr. discussed federal preemption and the dual banking system in a speech today to a professional organization, Women in Housing and Finance. The full text of the speech is attached and is also available on the OCC’s web site, at www.occ.treas.gov.

 

 

 

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