[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 17, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H3449]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     AIG AND THEIR BIG-TIME BONUSES

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, my e-mail inbox is full of 
constituents fed up with AIG. I don't blame them. I have had it up to 
here with bad news about AIG and their big-time bonuses. They should 
return that money.
  As a U.S. News columnist asked, ``Forget bonuses. Why are these 
people still collecting regular paychecks?'' I am glad that New York 
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo demanded AIG provide information on who 
is receiving bonuses in its Financial Products Group. Those who receive 
the fat-cat bonuses are mainly responsible for the company's and the 
country's financial problems.
  I say fire them all. They don't deserve bonuses. Turn them over to 
the Marines. Put them in the brig.

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