After Senator Chris Dodd revealed his new financial regulation package on Monday, Ronald Orol of Market Watch reported that House Minority Leader John Boehner told attendees at an American Bankers Association meeting not to "let those little punk staffers take advantage of you and stand up for yourselves." Chairman of the House Committee on Financial Services, Barney Frank, took exception to the term "punk staffers."
In a letter to Boehner, Frank expresses his "disappointment" with "name calling," and urges Boehner to apologize to all staffers on Capital Hill. The letter, in its entirety, reads as follows: