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On the recordMay 7, 2012
The American people, however, are tired of bailouts. It is time to take a more serious approach to fixing the housing market.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Shelby emphasizes the public's fatigue with bailouts and calls for serious housing market reforms.

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