Political Quotes

Barney Frank: “Well, it is late and I am sometimes cranky. I can't say that I would be happy to work with the gentleman, but I would be…”

On the recordApril 18, 2007
Well, it is late and I am sometimes cranky. I can't say that I would be happy to work with the gentleman, but I would be willing to. ... it was on the fly. So it is circular logic that is very interesting.
Said by
Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Discussing collaboration and amendments during a committee meeting.

Share

More from Barney Frank

Jul 12, 2017

We should have made it much higher, $125 billion or more, and we should have indexed it.

congress.gov
Mar 5, 2018

Protection and advocacy Agencies, which are Federally funded entities charged with enforcing the rights of persons with disabilities.

congress.gov
Jan 9, 2024

Barney Frank said that he believed that it was a war on crypto that motivated this--not a systemic risk of crypto.

congress.gov
Apr 5, 2017

For example, there are key differences in product characteristics between payday, car title, and other high-cost secured loans and more traditional closed-end unsecured lending and related products, and the products are often regulated…

congress.gov

Other voices in this conversation