Barney Frank said "I come to Congress prepared to do a number of things that are difficult. I like the job, and I will undertake them, but trying to prove anything to the gentleman from California goes beyond the pale of my oath, and I will not try. I will say again that we are not here talking about the merits of that issue. We are talking about the gratuitously bigoted formulation of it by which it was injected into this debate, and I find that to be beneath the dignity of the House." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMay 11, 1995

I come to Congress prepared to do a number of things that are difficult. I like the job, and I will undertake them, but trying to prove anything to the gentleman from California goes beyond the pale of my oath, and I will not try. I will say again that we are not here talking about the merits of that issue. We are talking about the gratuitously bigoted formulation of it by which it was injected into this debate, and I find that to be beneath the dignity of the House.

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Barney Frank

Democratic · Massachusetts

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Editor's note · Context

Addressing issues of dignity and bigotry in a congressional debate.

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