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Barney Frank: “And on the other hand you have an insistence on attachment to unyielding, undeviating fealty to the notion of…”

On the recordMarch 25, 1998
And on the other hand you have an insistence on attachment to unyielding, undeviating fealty to the notion of bureaucratic perfection. That is hardly worth inflicting this degree of inconvenience on so many decent Americans and their relatives. I hope the amendment is adopted.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the impact of bureaucratic processes on American citizens.

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