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Chris Dodd: “There is only in this sense. This bill has a specific requirement that a particular plan be adopted and funded with this…”

On the recordFebruary 6, 2009
There is only in this sense. This bill has a specific requirement that a particular plan be adopted and funded with this proposal. I admire Sheila Bair's proposal, but we also recognize there are others. At the same time, if we are dealing with foreclosure mitigation but not getting that person who is probably in foreclosure because they may have lost a job, if we don't make it possible for them to get back to work because we minimize the resources in the stimulus, saving their home but not saving their job ends up with sort of a very mixed message.
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Chris Dodd
Democratic · Connecticut
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Discussing the importance of job recovery in relation to foreclosure mitigation.

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