[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12533]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             WALL STREET REFORM AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT

  (Mr. HEINRICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HEINRICH. Last night, I hosted a telephone town hall with 
thousands of New Mexicans to discuss what we've been doing to reform 
Wall Street and to protect and empower consumers in the marketplace. 
During the town hall, several constituents contacted my office for help 
with their own financial problems like unfair spikes in their credit 
card interest rates. Just like these callers, all New Mexicans have 
been negatively impacted by the years without accountability for Wall 
Street banks and big corporations that caused the financial hardship 
that we're dealing with today.
  Our working families and our small businesses deserve better. That's 
why I was proud to vote for the Wall Street Reform and Consumer 
Protection Act yesterday. This legislation will rein in the Wall Street 
banks and their big bonuses and put an end to taxpayer bailouts and the 
idea of ``too big to fail.'' I'm hopeful the Senate will quickly pass 
this bill so that Wall Street banks will again be held accountable. 
Hardworking New Mexicans deserve no less.

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