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Steve Cohen: I am just tremendously frustrated that we have provided funding for banks around the country, and yet they are stiffing…

On the recordJuly 8, 2009
I am just tremendously frustrated that we have provided funding for banks around the country, and yet they are stiffing the homeowners of the United States.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen expresses frustration over banks not helping homeowners despite receiving government funding.

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