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Barney Frank: “I know as the second ranking minority member that neither he, I, nor any other Members have been consulted. We have read…”

On the recordMarch 24, 1998
I know as the second ranking minority member that neither he, I, nor any other Members have been consulted. We have read a lot in the paper about what the Committee on the Judiciary was going to do, what it would not be allowed to do, how it was going to be bypassed. To have this funding request come forward, it is over a $1 million, some of which would be presumably assigned the minority, with no consultation is a problem. And the problem is compounded because the chairman of the committee did say there would be consultation, but the consultation he discussed was on a subject that appears to be different.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts
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Addressing concerns about a lack of consultation regarding a funding request in the Committee on the Judiciary.

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