Honorable Barney Frank
United States Representative, Massachusetts, Democrat
Representative Frank, of the Fourth District of Massachusetts, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1980. He served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1972 to 1980. He is Chair of the Financial Services Committee. The following is from the July 31, 2009, House floor debate on H.R. 3269, the Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act. I have encountered gaps between rhetoric and reality in this Chamber, never one as great as the wildly distorted description of this bill that we’ve got before us. Let’s be very clear. There are differences between the parties here…
