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Maxine Waters: “Today's hearing is an opportunity to address one of the most critical questions facing our economy: How do we continue…”

On the recordFebruary 8, 2011
Today's hearing is an opportunity to address one of the most critical questions facing our economy: How do we continue to move forward from the crisis and organize a secondary mortgage market that ensures access to sustainable homeownership at affordable rates for the American middle class?
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Waters emphasizes the importance of addressing homeownership access post-crisis.

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