Barney Frank: “I wish we had a clause that we could automatically print out that says ``this bill does not do what this bill does not…”

“I wish we had a clause that we could automatically print out that says ``this bill does not do what this bill does not do,'' because people are forever reading into legislation things that aren't there. We have some people who have claimed that they do not now have the legal authority to do the divestment. When this bill becomes law, as I hope it will be, and its companion bill, that argument won't be able to be made at all. I agree with the gentleman from California. I don't think it's a good argument now. But we do want to make clear, in absolutely nailing this down, we in no way want to give any support to the argument that, in the absence of this bill, the authority isn't there.”