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On the recordMarch 30, 2011
These plans are based on a fundamental error that the government can act like an insurance company and set a correct price for the risk it is taking.
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

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Hensarling critiques government plans for mortgage guarantees as fundamentally flawed.

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