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On the recordSeptember 22, 2010
I have got to ask, Mr. Scire, are you skeptical, real skeptical, doubtful that FHA is going to get toward that 2 percent, just 2 percent, goal?
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama
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Shelby questions the feasibility of FHA reaching its financial goals.

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