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Barney Frank: Yes, I do agree, but it was changed as of Friday, and so people could have looked at that on Friday and gotten it right.…

On the recordMarch 20, 2007
Yes, I do agree, but it was changed as of Friday, and so people could have looked at that on Friday and gotten it right. And I appreciate that. So, yeah, the section changed and as somebody even picked it up as of Friday, in the case of the gentleman from Louisiana, it was a different thing. We didn't get the CBO's scoring until too late, and then we had to work it out. The scoring came in. Part of the problem was CBO is very busy, and we passed the bill on March 7 and we didn't get their scoring until that Friday, and that was one of the reasons for the delay. I thank the gentleman from the Rules Committee.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Discussing the timing of the CBO's scoring related to a bill.

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