[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23726]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   DON'T BREAK THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, the bill to bail out the elite financial 
industry in New York that caused this mess failed this House, but our 
Senate colleagues are sending us a new bill, four times longer than the 
100-page bill rejected by us.
  The bill to stabilize the financial industry is now packed with 
squeaky pork. One would ask, what does pork have to do with the 
financial industry? Well, nothing of course. But the Senate bill with 
the piglets will help these entities: new tax earmarks for film and TV 
production; litigants in the Exxon Valdez incident; wooden arrows used 
by school children.
  There are more tax earmarks: auto racing tracks; Indian tribes; wool 
research; and get this one, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rican rum. I am 
not making this up. There are more breaks for the railroads and the 
mining industry. None of these solve our banking and financial crisis. 
Why are they in this bill?
  The House needs to deal with this financial situation to make sure 
that those responsible are held accountable and that the American 
taxpayers aren't forced to go broke paying for this financial rescue.
  And that's just the way it is.

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