Bob Filner: “I would say to those industries that really their survival is at stake, and yet they see a Republican President, and…”

“I would say to those industries that really their survival is at stake, and yet they see a Republican President, and they may be Republicans, they feel they should not get into this. I will say to the businesses of California and the West and this Nation, for your own survival, tell the President that it is time to act. Tell the President that the Federal Government must intervene for our economic survival. He will listen to you more than he may listen to our Congress people here. So I beg you to ask. I thank our colleagues, the gentleman from California (Mr. Sherman) and the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Davis) on the floor with me today. Apparently our time is up, but we will be back here every day to talk about this crisis, until this Congress and this President act on behalf of all of the consumers in this Nation.”