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Barney Frank: “Let me say to Members who may think that this is not at a high level, that is where we started. This is about nothing.…”

On the recordFebruary 4, 1998
Let me say to Members who may think that this is not at a high level, that is where we started. This is about nothing. This is a political game. This is the Model U.N., about nothing. It is wasting time and money.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing a political issue as trivial during a House floor speech.

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