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Barney Frank: I yield myself 10 seconds. I note that several on the other side have said, yes, it is true al Qaeda and the terrorists…

On the recordJune 29, 2006
I yield myself 10 seconds. I note that several on the other side have said, yes, it is true al Qaeda and the terrorists knew we were going to be tracking them financially. They just didn't know that would involve bank records. That seems to me wholly implausible. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the minority whip.
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Barney Frank
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