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On the recordMarch 17, 2009
If you sat on your hands, which the Fed did in overseeing mortgages and mortgage lenders and banks that were under your jurisdiction, then I think that the Fed is a failure in doing what they are supposed to do.
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Jim Bunning
Republican · Kentucky

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Bunning criticizes the Fed for inadequate oversight of mortgage lenders.

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