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John B. Breaux: There's not a lot of programs that we could say that the way we've run them we've actually made money while trying to…

On the recordJune 5, 2003
There's not a lot of programs that we could say that the way we've run them we've actually made money while trying to help people by loaning them money.
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John B. Breaux
Source
congress.gov
Jun 5, 2003

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Breaux discusses the financial success of the MARAD loan guarantee program.

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