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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.
I will reclaim my time to say that I am sorry that the people on the other side continue to want to deny Mr. Volkmer the credit to which he is entitled for bringing this amendment forward. But I do think that it is clear enough to say that…
Several things the gentleman said made some sense to me, but then I thought I heard the gentleman say some members of the majority might want to offer the gentleman's amendment. That one seemed a little disturbing. The gentleman from…
I believe that the sixth bill, the one that would redo the program and do the block grants is in fact one of the most important and in fact took the longest time in the Judiciary Committee. So I would hope that they would not be subjected…
Mr. Chairman, the rules of the House are not enough, I would say to the gentleman very simply, when we are dealing with a matter which includes the U.S. Senate. That is not hard. The rules of the House do not bind the Senate, they do not…
Mr. Chairman, this is astonishing. What the gentleman is saying is we do not need any of this because if a motion comes up in a bill that has an unfunded mandate we defeat it. Has this been a charade? No, it has not been a charade. I mean…
I think the example of openness we set here is important. Let GOPAC and every other political organization controlled by Members of the House follow the example because certainly no Member of the House would want to be considered so…
I was not denying that there was a reference to multiple petitions. My point was the gentleman counterposed that to retroactivity. I think the gentleman wrote down one thing and found another. I think he just made a mistake. If you want to…
If the gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. Duncan] thinks that teenagers decide on their sexual activity and their basic sexual urges from reading pamphlets, he is a poor guide, indeed, to public policy dealing with young people.
The fact is this amendment reduces budget authority. It does not squirrel it away, it does not put it anywhere else, it reduces budget authority by $2.4 billion. That is $2.4 billion less than would be available for the Appropriations…
Nothing in this amendment would interfere one iota with our ability to carry on our activity in Bosnia. This is not an amendment that requires us to stop what we are doing in Haiti, Bosnia, Somalia, or Iraq. When the budget was passed, we…
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