[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12402]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           WALL STREET REFORM

  (Mr. YARMUTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, it's pretty clear that there's a difference 
between Democrats and Republicans and their attitude toward the 
economy. Democrats want an economy that works for everyone. Republicans 
want an economy that works for Wall Street banks, that works for 
insurance companies, and works for big oil companies.
  The greatest evidence of that was just mentioned by my colleague from 
Connecticut; the minority leader's statement that the reform package 
that we're proposing to pass for Wall Street is like killing an ant 
with a nuclear weapon. Goldman Sachs is an ant? AIG is an ant? Bank of 
America is an ant? These are ants with an awfully big appetite, because 
they chewed up $17 trillion worth of American citizens' net worth.
  No, we can't let ants this dangerous loose on our economy. We have to 
propose reasonable regulations, and that's what we're doing. We want to 
make sure that the American economy works for every American and not 
just for the people on Wall Street.

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