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Shelley Moore Capito: “I believe this program is one that we can in good measure eliminate. It hasn't really gotten started. It's a…”

On the recordMarch 11, 2011
I believe this program is one that we can in good measure eliminate. It hasn't really gotten started. It's a billion-dollar program, and in some sense we already know, and we've heard from many in the discussion, that 98 cents out of every dollar that's set forth as a loan in this program will actually be a forgiven loan. Now, we talk about fairness and mean-spiritedness. Is it fair to the rest of the folks who are working, scraping, paying their mortgages every single day to know that 98 cents of every dollar that goes out the door in helping some other folks is never going to come back in when the original agreement--it is a loan. I think this is a good-sense cut that will lead to more jobs and better-sense government.
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Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · West Virginia
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Mar 11, 2011

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The speaker addresses the need to eliminate ineffective programs related to foreclosure assistance.

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