[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 26 (Monday, February 9, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H1047]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         WE WANT OUR MONEY BACK

  (Mr. DeFAZIO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DeFAZIO. Last week the Congressional Oversight Panel of the so-
called TARP program, the bank bailout program, announced that George 
Bush and his buddy, Henry ``Hank'' Paulson from Wall Street but who, 
for a little while stood in as Secretary of the Treasury, paid $254 
billion for $167 billion worth of assets in the name of the American 
taxpayer. They lost 34 cents on every dollar.
  Now, how is it that Henry ``Hank'' Paulson came out of Wall Street 
with $700 million? He was so smart, but somehow, as Secretary of the 
Treasury, he couldn't get full value for the dollar for the American 
taxpayer?
  We want our money back. It's time to impose a tiny transfer tax on 
all securities exchanges and derivatives on Wall Street to pay back the 
taxpayers for the still unfolding scandal.
  We want our money back.

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