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REP. BAKER PURSUES STRONGER GSE REFORMS.


IN A STATEMENT ISSUED OCTOBER 4, U.S. Representative Richard Baker Richard Baker is the name of several well-known people, including:
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  • Richard Baker (broadcaster) (born 1925), BBC broadcaster
 (R-Louisiana) outlined efforts to pursue even stronger regulatory reforms for government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs). In the wake of a breakdown in negotiations with Fannie Mae Fannie Mae: see Federal National Mortgage Association. , Baker stated his belief that the GSE GSE

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 "does not and never has believed" in the need for reform. "When I introduced H.R. 3703, I said that it was not etched etch  
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 in stone, that it was a building block to begin discussion on this issue. After receiving much feedback, it's clear to me now that my bill was too modest," Baker stated. "Between now and the next session of Congress, I intend to draft legislation to include new regulatory tools, both stronger than those spelled out in the current bill and more specifically targeted." The additional provisions Baker will include cover three areas of concern: the need for more bank-like regulation of the GSEs, with prompt corrective action A corrective action is a change implemented to address a weakness identified in a management system. Normally corrective actions are instigated in response to a customer complaint, abnormal levels if internal nonconformity, nonconformities identified during an internal audit or  authority including cease-and-desist and creation of a receivership; the need to link the GSEs' favorable government status with adequate mission compliance; and the need to adequately gauge the nature and size of the GSE subsidy.
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Title Annotation:Richard Baker, government sponsored enterprises
Publication:Mortgage Banking
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Nov 1, 2000
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