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Richard Shelby: “The GSEs 'followed rather than led' the private sector into subprime.”

On the recordMay 9, 2011
The GSEs 'followed rather than led' the private sector into subprime.
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

Editor's note · Context

Senator Shelby references a report on government agencies' role in the housing crisis.

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