Barney Frank: “I think in fairness to the gentleman from Florida, my friend misheard him. I do not always speak with perfect diction. I…”

“I think in fairness to the gentleman from Florida, my friend misheard him. I do not always speak with perfect diction. I understand when people mishear people. You said you think he said he would accept it, A-C-C-E-P-T; he said he would except it, E-X-C-E-P-T. That means he is going to vote for it, except for the money for the Defense Department; he is going to vote for it, except for the money for New York; and he is going to vote for it, except for the money for domestic homeland security. So, if the gentleman had said he was going to accept it and simultaneously disregard it, you would be perplexed; but if you had understood him correctly as saying he is going to except it and do everything except what it says it is supposed to do, the perplexity would be gone.”