U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin joined FOX Business’ Maria Bartiromo in an exclusive interview on “Mornings with Maria” on Monday  to discuss plans to end government control of mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – which have been under conservatorship for the past 11 years.

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“We think now is the time to recapitalize them, make them stronger, and make sure that taxpayers aren’t at risk and eventually raise third party capital so that we restructure them and that in another housing downturn taxpayers are not at risk,” he said.

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