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I am not aware of any specific provision that mandates any tightening of lending to small business other than a requirement that people who lend and then sell that loan be prepared to take a part of the risk. And I'm proud of that.

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Barney Frank
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: March 31
Former U.S. Representative
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Bayonne
New Jersey
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