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On the recordMay 13, 2013
I do not even understand what it means to say that part of the target is to shrink it.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren questions the feasibility of shrinking government guarantees in mortgage markets.

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