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House Financial Services Committee chairman Sen. Barney Frank
Monday, Sep. 29, 2008

Open quoteBecause somebody hurt their feelings, they decided to punish the country.Close quote

  • BARNEY FRANK,
  • Democratic representative of Massachusetts, mocking House Republicans who blamed speaker Nancy Pelosi, who delivered a scathing speech on Bush's economic policies, for the House's failure to pass the $700 billion bailout plan
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