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Barney Frank: “I would say that I really am very proud that on our committee, and the gentlewoman is right, there are some areas of…”

On the recordSeptember 18, 2007
I would say that I really am very proud that on our committee, and the gentlewoman is right, there are some areas of disagreement, I think we have shown how you can have legitimate disagreements of governmental philosophy within a framework of some agreement and be able to deal with them so that the disagreements can be reasonably debated and don't spill over and don't interfere. And the gentlewoman is right, we have been very active; but we could not have been active in a very constructive way if it hadn't been for that spirit, and I thank her for it. And obviously we will still be working with her, but we do want to acknowledge how helpful she was and how constructive in her role as the ranking minority member.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Discussing collaboration and constructive disagreement within the committee.

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