Barney Frank

Given the fact that the gentleman acknowledges, yes, this is an area in which we differ, I appreciate very much his comments. And I hope that this will be part of the signal that we set, that we can maintain legitimate differences within…

I do agree, as the gentleman from Texas has said, that this is an issue that ought to be addressed in the authorizing committee. The fact is we have a situation in which multifamily programs of the Federal Housing Administration were shut…

I understand the point that says authorizing legislation has to be adopted, but it says until June 30, 2002. The appropriation, I assume, begins October 1st. Does this mean no money can be spent between October 1 and June 30, or that the…

In other words, today, and with the amendment as adopted, if the Senate refuses to vote, then the administration can appoint that individual. But if the Senate does what the gentleman and I agree it should do, it takes it and votes it up…

First, I want to repeat what the gentleman from Maryland said. The notion of the $300 to $600 was not something opposed on this side. The gentleman inaccurately said there were people who were opposed to that. The notion of sending a check…

I will tell you, I will have trouble sleeping tonight, because I am still trying to figure out why they cannot go in the same check, and I thought maybe the gentleman from New Hampshire was going to enlighten me. I thought maybe my…

Why could not it be put in that same envelope that the check came in? Do they need a lot of advanced notice to prepare them for it?

No, I was waving some whip notice just for the heck of it. That was purely a dramatic gesture. Nobody on our side has seen the budget, including the missing pages.

If that is the case, why is the President not putting adequate money into prescription drugs this year instead of saying only $17,000 as an income cutoff?

The gentleman is ignoring the fact that with his amendment that he is putting forward today, and we will cut taxes this year, I think by more than we should but we will, if we decide next year that at the level of revenue available for…

Apparently the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Sensenbrenner) wants to reciprocate the lack of confidence the American people have in Congress by having a congressional expression of lack of confidence in the majority of the people. But I…

It was MIT that was the real hero of this, and to whom I think credit should be given.

My point was that the Republicans were inaccurate in claiming to be partisan, not that they were forcing women members of Congress to cover themselves completely.

I did say in 1998 that the Republicans' claim that they were behaving in a bipartisan fashion during impeachment was as credible as the Taliban would be if they claimed to be practicing religious tolerance.

I did not think that the concept would do a great deal, and I believe it has been only marginally useful, although it has of course done no harm.

I would just on behalf of everyone on our side want to reciprocate, because the gentleman from New York (Mr. Lazio) has been an exemplar of our ability to at the same time have disagreements on major policy issues that are legitimately…

There has to be a prior physical criminal assault on someone else. Then when you get to the sentencing and you get to the decision about punishment, you can take into account motive. Yes, I would agree with the gentleman, you can take into…

I want to return to the allegation that this criminalizes thought. Here is the operative phrase which controls any new crime, whoever willfully causes bodily injury to any person or through the use of fire, a firearm or an explosive or…

What about church arson? What is the Federal nexus in the Church Arson Act? What is the Federal nexus in church arson? There is not any. I thank the gentleman for his shrug. What is the Federal nexus for church arson?

I want to finish the answer. We had a hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary last year and several people came forward, including one particular case in Oklahoma where people were beaten and were not given any prosectorial defense.

Well, the gentleman acknowledges without my yielding to him, but I am a generous kind of guy so I will acknowledge his acknowledgment. The gentleman acknowledges that he filed two instructions yesterday, on the spur of the moment, which…

I was shocked today to come in and hear about the death of our colleague, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Bateman). He was for many years my colleague, for the last 2 years my office mate and neighbor; and I spent many times walking to…

I must say, I differ with the gentleman in his interpretation of the GAO report; but if he is right, I am not that much of a theologian, but I notice that he corrected the Pope with the GAO. Are we hearing today the doctrine of GAO…

First, I would say that 25 years ago I was opposed to that highway construction project. I thought it was not a good use of money. Secondly, I would say this. Even at my most critical, I have never suggested that we should have the free…

In the interest of bipartisanship and a better debate, I know last night there were obviously some constraints which kept some Members of the Republican side, including the leadership, from participating in the debate. In case the same…