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Barney Frank: “No, I follow the gentleman's example, and I ask the Chair to please restrain the gentleman. The gentleman gets up, makes…”

On the recordApril 15, 1996
No, I follow the gentleman's example, and I ask the Chair to please restrain the gentleman. The gentleman gets up, makes insulting remarks, refuses to yield and then tries to interrupt me when I am speaking. I am simply responding as he did under his rule. I would say this. First he talked about Democratic tax increases. The disrespect for facts is glaring.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Addressing disrespectful remarks and interruptions during a debate.

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