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Barney Frank: “I'll take back my time to say that's irrelevant. We weren't talking about the history of the flood program. The…”

On the recordSeptember 27, 2007
I'll take back my time to say that's irrelevant. We weren't talking about the history of the flood program. The gentleman said we shouldn't let the private companies walk away from their social responsibility. I wish he would tell me how he thinks we can do that. I will be glad to yield to the gentleman if he wants to get back to the subject, but not when I'm still posing the question, because he apparently didn't understand it. He said if they're not living up to their social responsibility, we should make them do it. I don't know how we can do that. If he wants to suggest to me new powers it would seem to me for us to take to do that, I'll listen. I yield to the gentleman.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Discussing private companies' social responsibility during a debate on flood program policies.

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