Barney Frank: “No, the universities are not supporting the committee bill, they are not supporting the bill of the gentleman from…”

“No, the universities are not supporting the committee bill, they are not supporting the bill of the gentleman from California. He is being unusually reticent. My friend from California is being unusually reticent in leaving his own bill out of this conversation. He is not ordinarily so modest about it. I have worked with the universities, with Harvard, and MIT and some others. My understanding of their position is that while they were originally opposed to H.R. 400, the changes we have made have brought them to a position of neutrality as between the two bills. I do believe they want to see a bill passed, but the fact is it seems rather odd for the proponents of one bill to be citing the universities' neutrality when the universities are neutral as between the two bills.”