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Patrick Leahy: “We decided as a matter of national policy and national security that we had had it with the people who were gouging the…”

On the recordMarch 23, 2009
We decided as a matter of national policy and national security that we had had it with the people who were gouging the members of the U.S. military.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy discusses legislative limits on interest rates for military members.

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