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Barney Frank: “Again, the gentleman is simply misrepresenting the question. The parents live in another country. People in Saudi Arabia…”

On the recordMay 17, 2007
Again, the gentleman is simply misrepresenting the question. The parents live in another country. People in Saudi Arabia don't have to have Social Security numbers. So the parents are in another country; the student is here without a Social Security number. How does the student buy the home?
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Discussing issues related to students and home ownership without Social Security numbers.

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