[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 149 (Thursday, October 6, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H6630]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                CONGRESS MUST ADDRESS WALL STREET GREED

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, some pundits are criticizing the Wall Street 
demonstrators as unfocused, inchoate, and disorganized. Well, let me 
render this opinion:
  It is Congress that is unfocused, inchoate, and disorganized. It is 
Congress that has not met its obligation to the American people. 
Congress has not addressed the real damage caused by Wall Street greed. 
This institution can't even do rigorous oversight hearings across 
America--starting on Wall Street.
  The demonstrators have found the right piece of geography. They have 
their eyes on the right subject. It is this body that has allowed 
justice to be denied to millions of our fellow Americans harmed by Wall 
Street wrongdoers. Wall Street has taken bonuses as we've seen the 
largest transfer of wealth from Main Street to Wall Street in modern 
history--too much power in too few hands.
  I am placing in the Record today 12 bills Congress needs to pass to 
yield long overdue justice, restore a trustworthy competitive banking 
system and get the big money out of politics influencing this Congress. 
These bills include restoring Glass-Steagall to separate prudent 
banking from speculation, helping those facing foreclosure, and adding 
1,000 FBI agents to do real investigation and prosecution, along with 
forensic accounting, to bring those who have done wrong to this 
Republic to justice. It's long overdue for Congress to do its job.

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