Barney Frank

I want to allay their fears. The likelihood that there would be any governmental action removing references to God from television is zero. It would not be constitutional; it would not be appropriate. No official body is talking about it…

I did want to point out to the gentleman from California that Ronald Reagan had a Republican Senate for 6 of his 8 years. That is a fact that even I believe the gentleman from California would probably have a hard time disputing. At no…

God is not for the privileged majority, and God knows my son has committed no sin.

In the interest of historical accuracy, I was going to ask if President Reagan said that when he signed a big tax increase in 1982, which he deemed necessary for economic purposes, or when a couple of years later he signed another…

I would just ask, I guess I can mention this, whether we include language that protected free exercise, i.e., no one would be coerced into a religion, whether or not that would affect the employment issue, and my answer clearly is no…

The reason I say this, lawyers can be very picky; and if we mention one thing and do not mention another, the inference can arise that it was meant to be excluded. So if it had just said first amendment, it would be different; but where it…

I want to say some of these programs, which are very important programs, CDBG, HOME, they have been well run for years, they have been frozen, they have been level-funded, the need has increased. I hope out of this comes an increased…

Well, I am all in favor of increasing the authorization. I am not in favor of authorizing in appropriation bills. I will say, we have made a very real effort here, to the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Leach) and the gentleman from New York (Mr…

The fact is that as you expand this program, it is going to cost some more money. I support greater housing aid. I would say to the gentleman I am all in favor of this. In fact I do not think it should be limited at all by occupation.

What is wrong with it is that the budget that has been adopted, over the objection of the gentleman who thought it was too liberal, does not have enough money. I would be glad to join with the gentleman from Oklahoma if he would be willing…

The major reason for differentiation is the nexus between municipal employment and the municipality. We have in fact many municipalities which have decided to impose residency requirements. They require that certain employees live in the…

I was puzzled to hear the gentleman from Oklahoma say that they were not for physical health reasons in most cases. The reason I say that is I went to the Committee on Rules to ask for the right to offer an amendment that would have…

I continue to be very concerned that the Federal Reserve will unduly restrict economic growth by overreacting to the possibility of inflation, in the absence of any sign of it.

Dr. Slavin and Mr. Rodman are leaders in their respective professional fields, and leaders as well in contributing to the great work of the New England Chassidic Center and Project ROFEH.

I hope through this means to stimulate some interest in this notion because it is an activity that could be repeated elsewhere.

ROFEH International does an excellent job in extending access to people who would not have it otherwise, and I salute Rabbi Horowitz and his colleagues for this work.

I am pleased once again to call the attention of my colleagues to the excellent work that is performed by ROFEH International in Brookline, Massachusetts, and to join with ROFEH in recognizing two outstanding individuals, Dr. Sumner…

I would agree with him. The President's budget is inadequate. I hold no grief for the President's budget. I think the President has made a grave error. All I am saying is the gentleman has made bad worse. I do not care whose gimmick was…

NATO--with the United States as a lead member--has an absolute obligation to do everything humanly possible to apprehend the murderers of these men

There is no doubt that SouthCoast Massachusetts would be far behind where it is today without his leadership and his initiatives.

Peter Cressy's leadership at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth gave us an excellent example of how tax dollars can be put to excellent use for the broadest possible public benefit.

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is an extremely valuable institution.

I will say, as we improve this bill and its specific impact on the financial services industry, I regret even more our collective unwillingness to do more than we are doing and to do, in fact, what we could easily do to help those who are…

When the gentleman tells me the Federal Reserve has no objection, is he trying to get me to be for it or against?

Something must be done!