Barney Frank: “I just want to talk about the past that the gentleman from Illinois is so desperate to cover up. The House voted on a…”

“I just want to talk about the past that the gentleman from Illinois is so desperate to cover up. The House voted on a bill that would have limited compensation to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac executives a year ago. It was not on other corporations; it was on TARP recipients, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It came out of committee, it came to the floor of the House, and the gentleman voted against it. If he had helped us a year ago--it passed the House but it died in the Senate--if we had been able to get that bill through, we would have limited these. So the gentleman over a year ago--and I know that's history and he doesn't like to talk about history, particularly when it doesn't reflect well on his argument--but he voted against that limitation.”