Barney Frank: “This bill does not create the bilingual mandate; it puts it where it should be. The other thing I would say is this, and…”

“This bill does not create the bilingual mandate; it puts it where it should be. The other thing I would say is this, and I understand there are some who oppose it on principle. But from the court's standpoint, having HUD do the translation of all these documents means that they don't have to be done individually. So it also is cheaper for HUD to do. It is not just that it is more appropriate for the Federal Government to do it, but it is cheaper, because there will be some basic HUD documents so this will avoid the unnecessary duplication of translations.”