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On the recordNovember 1, 2011
It should have been on Halloween, because we have conjured up a series of spooks, and ghosts, and goblins, and nonexistent creatures.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Frank humorously critiques the nature of the hearing's discussions.

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