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On the recordSeptember 23, 2009
Actually, there was another $25 billion pledged, and that is in your own testimony, for the making--no, it is not.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley clarifies funding details related to the Making Home Affordable program.

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