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On the recordJuly 11, 2011
With multiple co-sponsors, both Senator Scott Brown and Congressman Barney Frank from our home State of Massachusetts, introduced identical bills in the House and the Senate, known as the Veterans Day Moment of Silence Act, H.R. 2498 and S. 1348, on July 12th, 2011.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Barney Frank discussed introducing a bill for a national moment of silence for Veterans Day.

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