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Barney Frank: “I want to respond to Ms. Waggoner who reads the bill--yes, you read the bill; you don't read every other line.”

On the recordJuly 11, 2016
I want to respond to Ms. Waggoner who reads the bill--yes, you read the bill; you don't read every other line.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Responding to a colleague's interpretation of the bill's content.

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