[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20192]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  GREED HAS CREATED A FINANCIAL CRISIS

  (Ms. SHEA-PORTER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. SHEA-PORTER. Mr. Speaker, greed has created a financial crisis. I 
don't believe I have heard one single CEO from Wall Street apologize 
for the mess they put this country in. But if we are going to help Wall 
Street, we need to help Main Street as well.
  This country lost more than 600,000 jobs last year. We need to be 
investing in our infrastructure so we can create jobs again. We also 
need to extend unemployment benefits so those who are looking for jobs 
will be able to pay for their families in the interim.
  Because of the high energy prices, we are now going to have to 
provide more fuel heating assistance so that families won't have to 
choose between eating, or paying their rent, or their mortgage or their 
bills this month or next month or the next year, while we bail this 
country out.
  We have an opportunity, finally, to look at Main Street. While we do 
this work for Wall Street, let's keep in mind the people of Main Street 
who pay the bills.

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