Congressman Barney Frank, a fishing industry advocate and architect of the House's banking reform bill, told a radio audience Tuesday he was giving the Commerce Secretary until next week to redress fishing industry grievances, or he'll take his appeal directly to the Obama White House.
Frank said he has so advised White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanual, adding if Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke has not produced a satisfactory response to a personal appeal two weeks ago by 13 representatives of a 23 member bi-partisan alliance of East Coast lawmakers, "we'll be going to the White House."
Frank issued his challenge in an appearance on New Bedford's WBSM on the same day the national press began analyzing Frank's possible role in the reconciliation this summer of House and Senate versions of the high-profile banking reform bill.
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