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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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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

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

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