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Emanuel Cleaver: “No matter how many times we have expert testimony which declares without ambiguity that CRA did not cause the crisis…”

On the recordApril 22, 2009
No matter how many times we have expert testimony which declares without ambiguity that CRA did not cause the crisis, there are those who will just continue to say it.
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Emanuel Cleaver
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Cleaver emphasizes the persistent misconception that the CRA caused the financial crisis.

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