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Barney Frank: “My friend is unfair to the Republicans, because they do create more jobs in this bill. The CBO says this bill will cost…”

On the recordJuly 21, 2011
My friend is unfair to the Republicans, because they do create more jobs in this bill. The CBO says this bill will cost $71 million because instead of the single administrator, they want to create four more bureaucrats, with more staff. CBO says this will cost $71 million. So, in fact, there are some jobs they're going to create. They will be for bureaucrats who can dilute the activity of the consumer bureau. {time} 1400
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts
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Jul 21, 2011

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