Barney Frank: “I yield myself the 30 seconds the gentleman wouldn't allow me to…”

On the recordMarch 16, 2011

I yield myself the 30 seconds the gentleman wouldn't allow me to mention--Chicanos Por la Causa, which he keeps invoking, in what I must say is an inflammatory way, yes, it has $137 million in eight States. It is a consortium of several groups. Comparing it to one county is quite misleading. It is $137 million to an organization that has eight States in which it works and which has produced affordable housing units. And as to his argument that it is not for the poor people, almost all of the groups in this country that advocate for housing for low-income groups have sent us a letter urging that this go forward, Habitat for Humanity and others. I take them as more credible on this than my friend. I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Carson).

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Barney Frank

Democratic · Massachusetts

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Mar 16, 2011

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