[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6381]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       SUPPORT WALL STREET REFORM

  (Mrs. CAPPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of Wall 
Street reform.
  Wall Street shenanigans led us to this recession, and if not for 
having the taxpayers bail them out, these shenanigans would have melted 
down our entire financial system, all while Wall Street made hundreds 
of billions of dollars for themselves.
  Last December, the House of Representatives responded by passing 
commonsense Wall Street reform. It would protect families and small 
businesses from predatory loans, from indecipherable fine print, and 
from other industry gimmicks. It would end taxpayer-funded bailouts and 
too-big-to-fail banks. It would impose tough new laws on the riskiest 
Wall Street practices that got us into this mess in the first place.
  House Democrats voted ``yes'' on Wall Street reform, but 
unfortunately, Republicans all voted ``no.'' Yesterday, their Senate 
colleagues again voted ``no,'' this time even to start an open and 
honest debate.
  It is time to stop the obstructionism and to let the debate begin. If 
Senate Republicans have problems with the bill, make them known in 
public. Offer amendments. Take votes. Show us where you stand--with 
Main Street or with Wall Street.

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