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Barney Frank: “Well, apparently the gentleman from Nebraska, having denounced those bailouts, now tells us he voted for it. So it's…”

On the recordDecember 17, 2010
Well, apparently the gentleman from Nebraska, having denounced those bailouts, now tells us he voted for it. So it's confession time before the House. He apparently voted for the measure that he characterizes as a ``bailout'' that was such an imposition. Secondly, I have never heard anything more confusing than this discussion of the letters. Yes, the Secretary wrote and said, I don't now have the authority. And we then said, Okay. We will give you the authority.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts
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Dec 17, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker addresses contradictions in a colleague's stance on bailouts and authority.

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