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Bob Menendez: the Chairman is absolutely right. As a matter of fact, when I made that comment that we were going to have a tsunami of…

On the recordMay 6, 2010
the Chairman is absolutely right. As a matter of fact, when I made that comment that we were going to have a tsunami of foreclosures, the administration witnesses at the time--the previous administration, of course--said, with all due respect, that is an exaggeration.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey
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govinfo.gov
May 6, 2010

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Menendez discusses the previous administration's response to concerns about foreclosures.

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