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Barney Frank: “I did not hear the gentleman from California say anything personally offensive to the Vice President. I wonder when we…”

On the recordJune 5, 2003
I did not hear the gentleman from California say anything personally offensive to the Vice President. I wonder when we are being told that something was personally offensive to the Vice President, what would that be? He may be more thick-skinned than you give him credit for, Mr. Speaker.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Defending the Vice President during a debate.

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