We cannot allow the mistakes we made with mortgages over the last 10 years to drive us down the road.
Jeff Merkley: “We cannot allow the mistakes we made with mortgages over the last 10 years to drive us down the road.”
On the recordMarch 28, 2011
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Merkley warns against repeating past mortgage mistakes affecting families.
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