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On the recordFebruary 25, 2009
It sickens me to say that during these extremely difficult times there are really some outrageous, from my point of view, fraudulent practices happening every single day.
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Jay Rockefeller
Democratic · West Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Expresses concern over fraudulent practices exploiting vulnerable families during the financial crisis.

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