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On the recordApril 28, 2010
So, when the Secretary was here, he talked about this body of 5.5 million mortgages going under water and facing foreclosure across America.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin references the significant number of mortgages at risk of foreclosure.

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