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Barney Frank: “Well, I will say this. I would say enough would be what the moderate Republicans said, $7 billion more for Labor-HHS.…”

On the recordMay 17, 2006
Well, I will say this. I would say enough would be what the moderate Republicans said, $7 billion more for Labor-HHS. The problem is that they said that was enough, but it is not there. So I would be satisfied if my moderate Republican friends simply lived up to their own declaration.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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