Barney Frank: “You always have to pick a number, and it will always be somewhat arbitrary.”

I do not believe that we interfere with what the voters can do.

Barney Frank, the author of the Dodd-Frank bill, in this committee, sitting in that chair, who has testified in this committee that he told us that the $50 billion threshold is arbitrary and that we should look at alternative methods for…

This is not a bill to protect religious liberty in general. It singles out one particular religious tenet.

I think it is clear that Fannie and Freddie are sufficiently secure so they are in no great danger.