[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23727]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                WHY SHOULD TAXPAYERS GET THE LEFTOVERS?

  (Mr. DOGGETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, I commend Warren Buffet on his confidence 
in American business, but his recent combined investment in Goldman 
Sachs and General Electric was not a charitable donation. He is not 
purchasing toxic securities; he is buying preferred stock. Why should 
American taxpayers get anything less? Why does he buy the preferred, 
and we buy the leftovers?
  I share my neighbors' concerns about the impact of some in Washington 
hitting the panic button on their retirement, their home, or their 
business. But when markets are poisoned, you demand the best antidote--
Not yield to another of President Bush's take-it-or-leave-it demands.

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