Barney Frank

It was because they were banking crypto, not because they were insolvent.

Barney Frank said that he believed that it was a war on crypto that motivated this--not a systemic risk of crypto.

Congress generally, and this subcommittee in particular has historically played a critical role in strengthening accountability at the World Bank.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac do very good work, and they are not endangering the fiscal health of this country.

I think it is clear that Fannie and Freddie are sufficiently secure so they are in no great danger.

Protection and advocacy Agencies, which are Federally funded entities charged with enforcing the rights of persons with disabilities.

It was a great mistake to push lower income people into housing they couldn't afford and couldn't really handle once they had it.

We should have made it much higher, $125 billion or more, and we should have indexed it.

For example, there are key differences in product characteristics between payday, car title, and other high-cost secured loans and more traditional closed-end unsecured lending and related products, and the products are often regulated…

I urge staff to pay close attention to the differences in products offered by nonbank institutions and to be mindful of Congress's intent in financial reform that State consumer protection laws be preserved to the extent possible.

One thing that not only Barney Frank, Ms. Barnes and also Sandra Day O'Connor, Justice O'Connor agreed on is that that Kelo decision stripped those three words out of the Fifth Amendment, 'for public use.'

The very vitality of America's free enterprise economy is rooted in property rights, and without them, capital can't make wise investments.

No one doubts that if a change in administration comes and the new President disagrees with the existing Director, he or she can be removed.

Barney Frank, the author of the Dodd-Frank bill, in this committee, sitting in that chair, who has testified in this committee that he told us that the $50 billion threshold is arbitrary and that we should look at alternative methods for…

Just as I would say if you say you'd believe in racial discrimination or religious discrimination, any time you are at an agency that's in charge of protecting and enforcing constitutional rights and you express your view that that…

I am in favor of any opinion anywhere.

I do not believe that we interfere with what the voters can do.

The relationship between elected officials and his or her constituents is paramount.

Well, I--look, there are people who think Elvis is alive, but I don't think that's accurate.

I do guard the station. I hope you're not, Representative Mulvaney, equating a tax exemption with a Federal grant.

They shouldn't lose their tax-exempt status but neither should they be able to go for a Federal grant as they would be under this bill.

I want to respond to Ms. Waggoner who reads the bill--yes, you read the bill; you don't read every other line.

Yes, I was frankly struck that Mr. Labrador went to such great pains to deny this.

How do you morally justify further disadvantaging that child by denying him or her benefits? Because that's what this bill allows.