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On the recordFebruary 3, 2015
If I may, Mr. Garamendi, you are so right. One of the upsides of this really tough economy is that interest rates have gone down, and a lot of folks have been given a little breathing room by being able to reduce their interest rates on their mortgage from 7 or 8 percent down to 3\1/2\ percent. That is real money in their pocket.
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Peter Welch
Democratic · Vermont
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Feb 3, 2015

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