Oct 5, 2011
I think some of those things had as much relationship to the real economy as fantasy football does to what happens on Sunday afternoon.
Barney Frank
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Barney Frank is a former U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, serving from 1981 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he was known for his progressive stance on various issues, including financial regulation and LGBT rights. Frank played a significant role in the passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which aimed to prevent the kind of financial crisis that occurred in 2008. He was also one of the first openly gay members of Congress, advocating for LGBTQ+ rights throughout his career.
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Oct 5, 2011
I want to quote from a column earlier this week written by Paul Krugman, who does an extraordinarily good job of presenting the case for a change in our economic policies to deal with the unemployment that plagues not just us, but others…
Oct 3, 2011
This is a matter of clear national interest that has had a strong bipartisan element.
Oct 2, 2011
That's one of the--what I plan to do--and I hope we can get this--is to amend that 10-year thing.
Oct 2, 2011
Your testimony cherry-picks what looks good and leaves out what's not good, and that's not building trust.
Oct 2, 2011
we plucked this arbitrary 10-year number out of the air and put it into the statute.
Oct 2, 2011
we're not talking about permanently fouling anything. We're not talking about people dying from bad air or being poisoned by bad water.
Oct 2, 2011
We had a bipartisan agreement--Senator Snowe and others in the Senate, Senator Brown, Senator Kerry.
Oct 2, 2011
I wish it wasn't on this point--mainly that there is a pretty complete sense on the part of the fishermen in Massachusetts that they face a hostile administration.
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