Our objective is not just to say what won't work but to say what won't work because we know it won't work, and instead, let's adopt something that's helping those families. I was talking about it earlier, the picture that just keeps jumping in my mind--and this is happening all over the world because of our lack of bold and decisive and disciplined action here--the picture that comes to my mind is the house with the foreclosure and the easy chair and the sofa sitting on the sidewalk. And I'm thinking about the mom or the dad of that family and the pressure that they feel where they're just dumped right out of their house. This is not just economic numbers, this is the people of our country.
W. Todd Akin: “Our objective is not just to say what won't work but to say what won't work because we know it won't work, and instead…”
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Discussing the impact of foreclosures on families during a debate.
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