[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 48 (Thursday, March 19, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H3677]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 REPUBLICANS WANT TAXPAYER DOLLARS BACK

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, House Democrats today 
chose to introduce an unconstitutional joke of a bill in order to clean 
up the AIG mess Democrats alone created. It was a Democrat spending 
bill, Democrat language, and only Democrat votes that authorized AIG to 
hand out bonuses. Democrats wrote the bill alone, secretly, and yet 
they act surprised.
  Republicans have offered a bipartisan solution to get 100 percent of 
the taxpayers' dollars back, not 90 percent like our Democrat 
colleagues seek. The American people deserve to have all of that bonus 
money back, money authorized and spent by Democrat leadership.
  The American taxpayers are justly outraged that their tax dollars are 
lining the pockets of AIG executives. Republicans have a solution to 
fix this problem, but Democrats don't want to talk about it. Democrats 
don't want to talk about the mistakes that they have made. American 
taxpayers deserve better.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th.

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