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Barney Frank: Regular order. I ask the gentleman to be seated. I asked the gentleman when he mentioned me to yield. He declined to do…

On the recordJune 29, 2006
Regular order. I ask the gentleman to be seated. I asked the gentleman when he mentioned me to yield. He declined to do so. For him now to interrupt me without even asking for a yield is wholly outside the rules of the House, and I ask he be instructed in them.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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