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Barney Frank: “We weren't able to get everything we wanted. And that's -- we -- in fact, I tried earlier today, with the support of…”

On the recordSeptember 30, 2008
We weren't able to get everything we wanted. And that's -- we -- in fact, I tried earlier today, with the support of Speaker Pelosi, to rewrite some of those protections to make clear that they would be useful.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Frank explains the challenges faced in securing protections within the bailout bill.

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