[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 4, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H1001]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                 BAILED OUT BANKS HIRE FOREIGN WORKERS

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, not only are taxpayers bailing out 
Wall Street, but the robber barons are repaying the American people by 
giving away jobs to foreign workers.
  That's right. Forget stimulating the economy by offering jobs to the 
taxpayers. It is reported by the Associated Press that the banks that 
received the largest amount of bailout money, more than $150 billion, 
requested over 20,000 visas for foreign workers over the last few 
years.
  As economic times have gotten worse, they requested even more visas. 
Last year, the same bleak economic period in which the ``Big Banking 
Boys Gang'' begged for a government handout, their foreign visa 
requests increased more than a third over the previous year.
  And just to be clear, these jobs were not for the so-called jobs 
Americans won't do. Quite the opposite. They were for corporate 
lawyers, senior vice presidents, and analysts. The average annual 
salary for these American jobs given to foreigners was over $90,000.
  Mr. Speaker, the American taxpayers are being played as fools. First, 
The Wall Street fat cats took the people's money, and now they're 
taking their jobs.
  And that's just the way it is.

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