Barney Frank: “I congratulate the minority for its persistence and tenacity, if nothing else. This will be the 11th time the House has…”

“I congratulate the minority for its persistence and tenacity, if nothing else. This will be the 11th time the House has been asked to vote to kill the Affordable Housing Fund since last Thursday. They have, as I have said, taken as their model apparently the TV pitchmen of yore. They have got a machine that slices and dices and cuts and shreds and chops and whatever. They have offered 10 amendments to kill the Affordable Housing Fund. This is number 11.”