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On the recordMay 19, 2014
SIFFY, as with all due respect some people, including on the committee, have pronounced it, sounds like a disease.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Barney Frank humorously addresses the mispronunciation of SIFI.

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