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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.
First, I would say the Comptroller of the Currency, which is in the Treasury for administrative purposes, is legally independent, and the Secretary of the Treasury has no right to interfere. The Comptroller of the Currency is not subject…
The gentleman made a statement. I am ready to get to it. Do you want me to answer?
You made a statement about the Comptroller of the Currency, a statement which I thought was inaccurate, and I wanted to correct it. Now, as to Elizabeth Warren, yes, that's what she originally proposed, and I decided and others on our side…
It is that the gentleman misstated my words quite clearly, and I believe they should be taken down if he is not ready to rescind them.
First, I want to express my objection to the rule. The chairman of the Rules Committee said maybe I can get a unanimous consent agreement to modify it. All amendments are not created equal. This rule gives a total of 10 minutes for each…
First, Madam Speaker, I want to reassure the gentleman from Texas I don't think he's sinister. I think he is opposed to effective consumer protection. I think he and the other Republicans, some of them believe--the chairman of the…
My friend is unfair to the Republicans, because they do create more jobs in this bill. The CBO says this bill will cost $71 million because instead of the single administrator, they want to create four more bureaucrats, with more staff…
I yield myself 2 minutes. I am really appalled at the gentleman saying it's un-American. We ought to be able to disagree more civilly than that. And the gentleman made a misstatement when he said we took a good idea and ruined it. If it…
I yield myself 30 seconds to correct the latest misstatement. The gentleman from Alabama did, in fact, vote against this. This wasn't just voted on in the final. He appears to have forgotten, we had a markup in committee just on this bill…
I yield myself 15 seconds to say the gentleman from Texas talked about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but he doesn't do anything about it. The majority has been the majority since January. The gentleman from Texas filed a big, tough bill…
I yield myself 30 seconds to say, first of all, the gentleman made one more flat misstatement when he talked about car loans. Car loans are exempted from this. This is an example of the failure to understand what we're really talking…
First, I yield myself 30 seconds to say I understand many of the Republicans objected to the financial reform bill because it was too long; but apparently even a much shorter bill was too long for the gentleman from New York. He got up to…
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