Barney Frank Quotes

You showed your credentials by being able to talk about all this detail, but a lot of people - including Democrats - got sucked into it. They learned the lingo, but they forgot it had no relation to reality. It was like critics of 'The Three Stooges' debating the right way to squirt seltzer up your nose. They forgot that the whole thing was a little silly. - Barney Frank

While I was pleasantly surprised by the relatively high number of jobs created in April, the fact is that job creation during this recovery period has significantly lagged both historical experience in recovery, and the projections of the Bush Administration. - Barney Frank

When I spoke to him, the first thing I did was tease him, saying I thought this was a ploy because he wants to run for Congress. It's not anything that's fun to do, sharing with people intimate things about himself, but it's important and unimportant at the same time. It's something important for him to be honest with people, but it doesn't affect how he does his job. - Barney Frank

When community action was put into federal law in the early sixties as part of the effort to combat poverty and social injustice, I supported it intellectually. - Barney Frank

What's troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process. - Barney Frank

Well, many of us believe that excessive media concentration is a subject that ought to be addressed, and it is, of course, the intention of the majority party not to allow that to be discussed. - Barney Frank

We will be seeking to knock out that part that says groups that engage in voter-registration and get-out-the-vote activities are not eligible. - Barney Frank

We are not taking anybody's pay or even setting any limits. - Barney Frank

Under the Republican provision, you can't do get-out-the-vote efforts if you work in affordable housing... There is an extremism here that is not comprehensible except if you know the history. - Barney Frank

Today, many people take for granted the notion that people whose lives are going to be very heavily affected by public policies should have a say in how they are formulated and carried out. - Barney Frank

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