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Barney Frank: I urge you and I will urge everybody who is in this business to withhold foreclosure until we get Mr. Geithner's…

On the recordFebruary 10, 2009
I urge you and I will urge everybody who is in this business to withhold foreclosure until we get Mr. Geithner's program.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Frank calls for a moratorium on foreclosures until a mortgage modification program is in place.

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