News Articles

Friday, August 20, 2010
Frank helps 'kill' LNG terminal
The Boston Globe
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Barney Frank in Boston Herald on financial reforms
Boston Herald
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Barney says Fannie and Freddie will eventually be abolished
newsmax.com
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Frank says Obama should have been harder on GOP
The Boston Globe
Forget that whole conciliatory, post-partisan message thing. President Obama's problem is that he's not partisan enough.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Frank Successful in Fight for Foreclosure Assistance for the Unemployed
Congressman Barney Frank praised the announcement this week by the Treasury Department that $3 billion has been allocated to assist unemployed homeowners who are at risk of losing their homes. The two programs target homeowners who face possible foreclosure because of the loss of a job.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Frank Praises Massachusetts Legislature and Governor Patrick for Iran Sanctions Bill
WASHINGTON – Congressman Barney Frank today praised the Massachusetts Legislature and Governor Patrick for new legislation that would compel the state’s $44 billion pension fund to divest from foreign oil and gas companies doing more than $20 million in business with Iran.  (Governor Patrick...
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Taking it to the Banks
The New York Times
Read the New York Times profile on Barney joining with Ron Paul to shrink government... "The average American has no sympathy for keeping 15,000 Marines on Okinawa 65 years after the war ended." For more, read the original article on The New York Times
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Financial regulation bill to assist homeowners who lost jobs
Taunton Gazette
The financial regulation bill that Obama was to sign today contains a $1 billion program – which will be in place by Oct. 1 – that provides fixed-interest rate loans to unemployed homeowners with reasonable prospects for reemployment to help them avoid foreclosure.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
OP-ED: Distorted attack on a bipartisan project
New Bedford Standard-Times
A recent op-ed in the Standard-Times by one of the Republicans seeking to represent our district in Congress was a distorted attack on our bipartisan initiative to reduce wasteful Pentagon spending ("Defense policy Frank's way would be naive," June 25). Republican Congressman Ron Paul and I, along...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Republican Tactics are Ready, Shoot, Aim.
Republican tactics are ready, shoot, aim. There are many pressing issues that we can debate in the campaign for the Fourth District congressional seat, chief among them jobs, economic growth, and the foreclosure crisis.  So I was disappointed to see one of the Republican candidates engage in...

Press Releases

Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Frank to Introduce Amicus Brief in Support of Lawsuit Against Catch Share Program
WASHINGTON – Congressman Barney Frank today announced that he will file an amicus curiae brief in support of the pending lawsuit by the cities of New Bedford and Gloucester regarding the proposed catch share program.  Frank also said that he plans to organize Members of Congress to join the...
Monday, May 17, 2010
Frank Hails Decision by National Park Service to Reject LNG Proposal
WASHINGTON – Senator John Kerry, Congressman Barney Frank and Congressman Jim McGovern today praised a declaration by the National Park Service that deals a major blow to the proposal to construct a Liquid Natural Gas terminal at Weaver’s Cove in Fall River.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Frank Takes Part in House-Senate Negotiations over Iran Sanctions Bill
Congressman Barney Frank today took part in the first meeting of the House-Senate conference committee for the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act (H.R. 2194). The committee is responsible for resolving differences between the House and Senate versions of...
Friday, April 23, 2010
Frank Attacks Wasteful Spending on Brazilian Agribusiness
Congressman Barney Frank today joined a bipartisan group of House Members in objecting to the decision of the Obama administration to send $147 million a year for the next several years to Brazilian cotton farmers, responding to a World Trade Organization finding that American cotton subsidies have...
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Frank Announces $475,000 Federal Grant for Planned New Bedford Community Center
Congressman Barney Frank today announced that the City of New Bedford will receive a $475,000 federal grant for the construction of new community center.  The planned center will offer safe recreational opportunities for at-risk youth.“I am pleased that the city will receive this crucial...
Friday, March 5, 2010
Frank and Colleagues Applaud Announcement of Stimulus Funds for Local Transportation Projects
WASHINGTON – Senator John Kerry, Congressman Barney Frank, and Congressman Jim McGovern today hailed the announcement by the U.S. Department of Transportation that it would award $2.6 million to the Southeastern Regional Transit Authority (SRTA) and $200,000 to the Greater Attleboro-Taunton...
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Lawmakers Call for Director of NOAA Law Enforcement to Step Down
WASHINGTON – Senator John Kerry, Congressman Barney Frank, Congressman John Tierney and Congressman Bill Delahunt today called for Dale Jones, Director of Law Enforcement for the division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) which oversees fishing, to step down from his...
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Frank Welcomes Fishermen to Washington
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Barney Frank told a rally of several hundred fishermen in Washington today, including a number from New Bedford, that their advocacy was an important step in rewriting unfair provisions of the Magnuson Act which affect the fishing industry.“I appreciate the effort here...
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
$20 Million Federal Grant to Support Southcoast Rail
Boston, MA -- Governor Deval Patrick, Congressman Barney Frank, Congressman James and Congressman Ed Markey today announced that the state will receive $95.5 million in federal transportation funding. $20 million will go to reconstruct structurally-deficient rail bridges in New Bedford, a essential...
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Frank and Snowe Call on NOAA to Re-examine Timeline for Rebuilding Fish Stocks
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard, and U.S. Representative Barney Frank (D-Mass.) today urged the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to fund a National Research...
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Speaking Frankly

"A year ago, we were being told, you have to deregulate more. Now, we are going to have to save capitalism from the capitalists."

As quoted in the Boston Globe article, "A Government Cure to the Sliding Economy"

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