Barney Frank: “No, I will not yield, and I will explain why. We had an open rule. Any amendment that they wanted to offer could have…”

“No, I will not yield, and I will explain why. We had an open rule. Any amendment that they wanted to offer could have been offered as long as it met the deadline, which was a very long deadline. Now we have ambush legislation again. There have been 10 tries at this. Mr. Speaker, if they really wanted this to be debated thoughtfully, it would have been an amendment. It wouldn't have been held back for 5 and 5 with us having only a chance to read it now. It is just one more attempt to kill the bill.”