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 February 26, 2009, House floor debate on H.R. 1106, the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009. This bill is a joint product of two committees: the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Financial Services.I think the bankruptcy provisions — which are the product of the Judiciary Committee, not the committee I chair…
