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Jeb Hensarling: “We really cannot afford to continue keeping $11 trillion of mortgage credit on the back of the taxpayer.”

On the recordMarch 18, 2013
We really cannot afford to continue keeping $11 trillion of mortgage credit on the back of the taxpayer.
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

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Hensarling emphasizes the financial burden of mortgage credit on taxpayers.

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