[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10693]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   STAND UP FOR HARDWORKING AMERICANS

  (Mr. WALZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WALZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call on Members of Congress 
and the Wall Street reform conference committee to stand up for 
hardworking Americans and send us a strong bill that protects the 
interests of those on Main Street who have been continuing and will 
continue to pay the price for Wall Street excesses.
  Over the past few weeks, I've been meeting with small business 
owners, like Joe Lorentz of Myles Lorentz Trucking Company in Mankato, 
Minnesota. Community leaders, like Owatonna Mayor Tom Kuntz, Waseca 
Mayor Roy Srp, and New Ulm Mayor Joel Albrecht, and all of them have 
delivered a very simple message: We must end too big to fail by 
ensuring large financial firms are allowed to fail without burdening 
the taxpayer. We must protect Main Street businesses and consumers from 
the negative effects of greed run amuck. And we must not penalize Main 
Street institutions that work, community banks, credit unions and auto 
dealerships.
  So on behalf of Main Street Minnesota, I urge my colleagues to send 
us a tough bill that restores transparency and accountability to 
America.

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