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On the recordJune 24, 2014
I think, as you said, the U.S. taxpayers continue to be very much on the hook and at risk as we do nothing to reform our system and maintain the current structure in which we have Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under U.S. Government control.
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Mike Johanns
Republican · Alaska

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Johanns emphasizes the risks to taxpayers without housing finance reform.

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