Barney Frank
Barney Frank
Barnett "Barney" Frankis a former American politician and board member of the New York-based Signature Bank. He previously served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts from 1981 to 2013. As a member of the Democratic Party, he served as chairman of the House Financial Services Committeeand was a leading co-sponsor of the 2010 Dodd–Frank Act, a sweeping reform of the U.S. financial industry. Frank, a resident of Newton, Massachusetts, is considered the most prominent gay...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth31 March 1940
CityBayonne, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians.
I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed, gay Jew. I've never felt, automatically, a member of any majority.
Lawyers are very, very good at keeping you out of prison, but they will sacrifice your reputation and credibility to do so.
The rights of the people who have done terrible things are hard to defend. You have to keep pointing out, the question is the process to determine whether they've done the terrible things.
I hope we will not so characterize religious people as being so narrow and so biased towards people not of their own religion that they cannot even work with them in this common cause to which you say they are committed.
There is a correlation between people who attack same-sex marriage and have difficulty maintaining their own.
Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been domestically.
I think there was an absolute, deep gap between consensual relations between adults, which people may like or dislike, and people who physically impose themselves on children or misuse their authority to impose on children.
Ridicule is about the most powerful weapon possible.
I will tell you, I'm a lousy cook, but I think I'm a pretty good judge of a good meal.
I smoke a cigar or two a day. I did have a brownie once. It made me sleepy.
Moderate Republicans are reverse Houdinis. They tie themselves up in knots and then tell you they can’t do anything because they’re tied up in knots.
I have been mislabeled as a big advocate of low-income home ownership over rental.
Serving in Congress is like having a second shot at high school.