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Jeff Merkley: “The cloud of foreclosures, the five to eight million additional foreclosures is a huge problem for our economy.”

On the recordSeptember 19, 2011
The cloud of foreclosures, the five to eight million additional foreclosures is a huge problem for our economy.
Said by
Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Merkley highlights the significant impact of foreclosures on the economy.

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