[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8097]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                              AIG SCANDAL

  (Mrs. BACHMANN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. BACHMANN. Mr. Speaker, today we understand that the Obama 
administration's stimulus bill--the $1 trillion stimulus bill--was also 
the AIG bonus protection plan, because we understand now today that 
language is contained within the stimulus bill that would ensure that 
the AIG bonuses would stay with the executives who received them.
  The American people are outraged. We are outraged as well. But who 
knew about these bonuses? When did they know about it? CBS News has 
reported the Obama administration has known for weeks about these 
bonuses. Senator Chris Dodd also said that he knew about these bonuses, 
put the amendment into place, but says it wasn't his language, it was 
the administration's language.
  This is a scandal that is brewing in Washington. We need to have 
answers. The American people need answers. This is their money that is 
being spent for these failing businesses. It's time that the American 
people know what the real truth is.

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