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Barney Frank: Reclaiming my time, no, that's not what the gentleman is saying. The gentleman is completely contradicting himself. He…

On the recordMarch 11, 2011
Reclaiming my time, no, that's not what the gentleman is saying. The gentleman is completely contradicting himself. He says it's a grant program. First, he was contradicting the other gentleman from Texas. Now he's contradicting himself. He said it's a grant program. Well, if it's a grant program, why did the gentleman say it was getting people further in debt? The gentleman has been caught in a totally contradictory argument. He did not say it was a grant program. He said it was getting people further in debt.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts
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Mar 11, 2011

Editor's note · Context

The speaker is addressing contradictions in a colleague's statements regarding a grant program.

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