Barney Frank: “I appreciate the other side going into their non-objectionable mode, at least for the nonce. I did this because I had an…”

“I appreciate the other side going into their non-objectionable mode, at least for the nonce. I did this because I had an amendment that included several provisions, one of which was identical to the provisions the gentleman from Illinois just offered, and that having been adopted, it would be redundant to do it again. This is, again, I believe, a technical amendment. It simply tries to conform the language in the bill with regard to what it requires. I think the best way to say it, Mr. Chairman, is this. There was disagreement on the substance of what we require. We did want to make it clear, however, that we weren't requiring any more than that, and any suggestion that we might have been creating procedural or other kinds of obstacles, we wanted to work together to avoid. This is in furtherance of that, so I ask that the amendment be adopted.”