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Barney Frank: “I do not agree. Yes, I would ask for unanimous consent to make a slight technical change in an amendment to fix wording.…”

On the recordApril 18, 2007
I do not agree. Yes, I would ask for unanimous consent to make a slight technical change in an amendment to fix wording. But to go into a much broader version of the subject, under these circumstances, without a hearing, without full participation in a mark up would be inappropriate, and that is what I mean by on the fly.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Discussing the appropriateness of amending legislation without proper procedures.

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