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On the recordMay 7, 2012
Do you think that a 2-percent capital requirement is adequate--because we are a long way from 2 percent--to protect the taxpayers from bailing out FHA in the future?
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Richard Shelby
Republican · Alabama

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Shelby questions the sufficiency of the 2% capital requirement for FHA.

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