[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12413]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

  (Ms. BALDWIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BALDWIN. Mr. Speaker, over the last several weeks, the voices in 
favor of sweeping corporate reforms have been loud. Now I believe it is 
time for Congress' actions to be tough.
  Virtually every day brings another announcement in which a company 
has cooked their books, misled investors, or threatened the jobs of 
American workers. In my home State of Wisconsin, Enron and WorldCom's 
deceptions have caused the public employee retirement system to lose 
over $110 million. This retirement system is the safety net of nearly 
half a million current and former public employees, including thousands 
of hardworking teachers and policemen.
  It is time that this House and this Congress say enough is enough and 
restore the confidence that investors had in the corporations of this 
Nation and the confidence that our constituents had in this government 
by walking the walk of all the talk.

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