[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 157 (Monday, September 29, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S10030]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              THE BAILOUT

  Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, I wish to say how pleased and, frankly, 
relieved I am that the negotiators have reached an agreement on the 
economic rescue plan for our country. I found, as people began to be 
terribly anxious, justifiably, around our country, about their life 
savings, about their businesses, about their jobs, I was getting two 
messages from the public. One was their fear that we would not act to 
rescue our economy and them, and then their second fear was about what 
we would do to rescue our economy and them. The negotiators have both 
come up with a plan that will rescue our economy, will protect our 
taxpayers. In it, I am proud to say, is a proposal somewhat similar to 
one that Senator Cantwell and I put forward for a 9/11-type commission 
to review the regulations of our financial institutions, to reform them 
so we learn from this crisis and, to the best of our ability, we make 
sure it never happens again.
  I yield the floor.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from South Dakota.

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