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Barney Frank: “That, I must say, totally disappoints me. For the third time the gentleman has tried to put words in my mouth. The words…”

On the recordMay 17, 2007
That, I must say, totally disappoints me. For the third time the gentleman has tried to put words in my mouth. The words ``trust in me,'' the gentleman read that, and the gentleman's distortion, systematic distortion, has gone beyond what I can deal with in a brief intervention. But I will say this: I continually said we should address that in separate legislation. If the gentleman doesn't know the difference between passing legislation which sets guidelines and saying ``trust me,'' then the gentleman understands less in this place than I had hoped he did.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Addressing misinterpretations during a debate.

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