We were honored, Mr. Speaker, several nights ago to have our colleague, John Lewis, attend and serve as the keynote speaker of the 40th anniversary of the May 4 shootings. He delivered a passionate, insightful speech, keynote address…

I urge support of H. Res. 1269, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Fudge) that the House suspend the rules and agree to the resolution…

I would just ask that my colleagues support this resolution, H. Res. 1310, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Fudge) that the House…

I would just ask that my colleagues would support House Resolution 1231, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Fudge) that the House…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H. Res. 1231, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the United States Television Infrared Observation Satellite. Launched by the National Aeronautics and…

At this time, I would ask that my colleagues support H. Res. 1213. I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Fudge) that the House suspend the…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of House Resolution 1310, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the creation of the first laser. The world's first laser was operated on May 16, 1960. It was…

Madam President, I thank the Senator from Delaware. It is so clear, first of all, that the Dodd bill is a huge step, a good step, a solid bill in reforming Wall Street. It is what we ought to do. There will be three or four major chances…

Madam President, we all agree our financial system should never again be on the brink of total collapse. We all agree we must never again allow Americans to fall victim to the unconscionable recklessness and unbridled greed we have seen…

We yield the floor. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Illinois is recognized.

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that Senator Kaufman, the cosponsor of our Wall Street reform amendment, and I be permitted to speak for up to 20 minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered…

Mr. President, Wall Street's crisis became the Nation's crisis. Lost jobs in Toledo, foreclosed homes in Bedford Heights, frozen credit for small businesses in Lebanon, State budget shortfalls, and the list goes on and on. It can't happen…

I want to thank Congressman King very much for coming to the floor because we share a concern that goes beyond party. This is so serious for our country, it's serious for our generation, it's serious for the next generation. If we look at…

What amazed me is when all of the house of cards started to fall, sometimes in my part of the country you see chipmunks tearing across the concrete, and they go so fast. The minute they got in trouble, what did they do, they came under the…

Excellent analogy. They created rules by which only they could win, and that doesn't seem to me to be the spirit of free enterprise. They created so much collateral damage it brought down the economy of the whole country. They keep using…

I think he thought it was too little, didn't he? Mr. DeFAZIO. Well, compared to the enormous wealth that he created by shorting and manipulating and synthesizing. You know, the one thing I would reflect on, I was a little puzzled yesterday…

It's a pleasure to join you tonight to place information on the Record related to Goldman's behavior as well as other institutions that have caused our country so much harm. And as others have mentioned, on April 16, the Securities and…

Do you happen to know what the bonuses were for Goldman Sachs? I know they totaled into the billions. Mr. DeFAZIO. Last year it was rather modest for Mr. Blankfein, he only got a $9 million bonus which was considerably less than previous…