[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6383]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    WE NEED TO PASS FINANCIAL REFORM

  (Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, we need to pass financial 
reform, and it's time for Republicans to stop standing in the way.
  When I'm home in Connecticut and talk to my neighbors and 
constituents, I never hear anybody disagree with me about the need to 
reform Wall Street. Their retirement account statements are all the 
proof that they need that Wall Street played a hand that was too 
dangerous for their own good.
  We need to make sure that our financial system does what it does 
best: help get money from investors to businesses so that they can 
innovate and expand. When Wall Street sticks to this mission, we all 
win.
  But over the last decade, much of Wall Street became a Las Vegas 
casino, with our money--our mortgages, our investments, and pensions--
being used as casino chips in trading schemes that added no value to 
our economy.
  Wall Street needs to get back to what it's good at, and it's time for 
Republicans to stop standing in the way and join us so that we can lock 
the door together.

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