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Barney Frank: “I was very pleased to have a chance to join in naming that post office for him. I regretted the fact that I was not able…”

On the recordSeptember 19, 2002
I was very pleased to have a chance to join in naming that post office for him. I regretted the fact that I was not able to participate in the debate. I was tied up at a committee meeting. I thought I was going to be notified in time but to my error I came too late to make the debate so I am taking this special opportunity now because of my enormous respect for Joe Early and in particular for his extraordinarily strong understanding of what the role of government ought to be in our society.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Honoring former Representative Joseph D. Early during a discussion about naming a post office in his memory.

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