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On the recordOctober 19, 2009
We feel that we--or we would not have made the proposal that has been made if we didn't feel that it were just absolutely necessary to keep the housing market from falling out of bed if we didn't continue this.
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Jim Bunning

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Bunning defends the necessity of proposals to stabilize the housing market.

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