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Douglas Alexander: “I wonder if I might ask the Senator, he has been especially effective as a spokesman for the importance of fixing…”

On the recordFebruary 12, 2009
I wonder if I might ask the Senator, he has been especially effective as a spokesman for the importance of fixing housing first. Many of us, especially on this side, believe housing got us into this mess and helping housing restart will get us out of the mess. Can you explain why there seems to be, in a nearly $1 trillion bill, so little focus on housing?
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Douglas Alexander
Labour Party

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Questioning the focus on housing in a nearly $1 trillion economic recovery bill.

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