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Barney Frank: Let me just say this; this has now become a late night TV commercial, it might be a late night debate. It will slice, it…

On the recordMay 17, 2007
Let me just say this; this has now become a late night TV commercial, it might be a late night debate. It will slice, it will dice, it will cut. We are going to see the magic nine cut knife as a way to kill the Affordable Housing Program. And we will have everybody but a TV pitchman demonstrating it. And maybe he will throw in a few Ginsu knives as well to knock off a couple other programs, but this is simply one more assault out of many that we will hear today on affordable housing.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Discussing threats to the Affordable Housing Program during a House floor debate.

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