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On the recordOctober 7, 2009
Is it fair to say that your own agency's data indicates that Fannie and Freddie only held a small share of subprime mortgages and never originated a single subprime mortgage?
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Bob Menendez Jr.
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez questions the narrative blaming Fannie and Freddie for the mortgage crisis.

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