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Claire McCaskill: I discovered when we started looking into this product that part of the problem was Congress's voracious appetite for…

On the recordJune 28, 2009
I discovered when we started looking into this product that part of the problem was Congress's voracious appetite for more money to spend.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

McCaskill highlights Congress's tendency to overspend using funds from reverse mortgages.

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