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Barney Frank: “My point was that the Republicans were inaccurate in claiming to be partisan, not that they were forcing women members…”

On the recordDecember 13, 2000
My point was that the Republicans were inaccurate in claiming to be partisan, not that they were forcing women members of Congress to cover themselves completely.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts
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congress.gov
Dec 13, 2000

Editor's note · Context

Explaining the intent behind his previous comments about Republicans.

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