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Nydia M. Velazquez: Well, let me just say this. Isn't it true that there are 60,000 applications in backlog? Isn't it true that 19 percent…

On the recordMarch 16, 2006
Well, let me just say this. Isn't it true that there are 60,000 applications in backlog? Isn't it true that 19 percent, only 19 percent have been processed? Isn't it true that there is 65 percent declined on loans approval? This is not about partisanship, this is about victims who are suffering, who are losing their businesses, who are losing their jobs. This is what this amendment is all about. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
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Nydia M. Velazquez
New York

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