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On the recordSeptember 6, 2011
There is widespread agreement, it seems, that the government cannot and should not back our entire mortgage marketplace, and we all agree with that.
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Scott Garrett
Republican · New Jersey

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Garrett asserts consensus against government backing of the mortgage market.

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