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Barney Frank: “I will take back my time because I'm trying to get an honest answer. We are setting policy here, not just for this week.…”

On the recordApril 16, 2008
I will take back my time because I'm trying to get an honest answer. We are setting policy here, not just for this week. We are saying here that if you do business with the government, if your government has business interests with Iraq, you're ineligible. I think it is fair to ask whether Iraq, if it were to become eligible in other ways, would be covered. That's not a trick question. Would this have the effect of excluding Iraq from such a program in the future? I yield for an answer.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts
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Editor's note · Context

Questioning the implications of a policy regarding business eligibility with Iraq.

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