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On the recordOctober 28, 2013
If anything, FHA should be given praise and a thank you. Because this market, this housing market, but for FHA, would have really destroyed this country.
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Gregory Meeks
Democratic · New York
Source
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Mr. Meeks defends the FHA's role in stabilizing the housing market post-recession.

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