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Barney Frank: “Fifty million has been set aside in a reserve for defaults if and when they come. Not a penny of it has been given to…”

On the recordMarch 10, 2011
Fifty million has been set aside in a reserve for defaults if and when they come. Not a penny of it has been given to anybody. It is simply sitting in that account, in case, and the 42 loans have nothing to do with that. The 8 billion is a fantasy. The CBO says at its best, this is going to cost $175 million. The 8 billion is a purely bookkeeping account. The explanation for this expenditure to go to Brazil, that the poor gentleman from Alabama voted for, is Barack Obama made him do it. The President is a very convenient place for them to hide. In fact, if he is asking me if I am critical of the President in that, yes, I am critical of the President many times.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts
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Mar 10, 2011

Editor's note · Context

The speaker addresses misconceptions about federal loan reserves and criticizes funding to Brazil.

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