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On the recordJanuary 6, 2011
If there is something that is sort of basic and American, it is that when you are dealing with somebody else, you ought to be able to get a person on the phone who can make a decision in your case instead of being stuffed into this nightmarish bureaucracy.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Stressing the need for accessible decision-makers in mortgage processes.

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