Jeff Merkley: “We need to make sure that those mortgages provide a foundation for…”

On the recordFebruary 9, 2009

We need to make sure that those mortgages provide a foundation for successful families. Not a mechanism to strip wealth from families.

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Merkley emphasizes the need for mortgages to support families rather than exploit them.

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Jeff Merkley: “We need to make sure that those mortgages provide a foundation for successful families. Not a mechanism to strip wealth…”