Jackie Speier

I thank the gentleman from Maryland, who's been passionate about trying to get to the bottom of AIG. I think it's important to point out--and this may curl the hair on top of your head, my dear friend--but on top of everything else…

What is even more disconcerting, and we will find that out in the upcoming weeks, just like the synthetic CDO known as Abacus, it appears that Mr. Blankfein and Goldman Sachs also sold to AIG more of the CDOs that were rigged.

Goldman Sachs has never loaned a dime, has never offered a loan to an American trying to buy a house. They have never been a commercial bank as we know them, and yet they have the luxury of being at the discount window getting the money…

Reclaiming my time, you mentioned that they paid a tax rate of less than 1 percent. The average American pays a tax rate of what?

As I watched yesterday's Senate investigations subcommittee hearing, I was disappointed to discover it was not just the greedy, irresponsible, and likely illegal actions of some of Goldman Sachs' more dubious employees that were the center…

Madam Speaker, I rise in support of H. Res. 855, a bill supporting Silver Star Service Banner Day. Our Nation continues to face two long and difficult wars, and I am very glad that we can take time now to honor the men and women of our…

It happened in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007. It was during the time that the SEC had reduced the number of enforcement actions in this country by 80 percent--now, I said 80 percent--and the number of disgorgement actions by some 60 percent…

If the American people speak up, it will happen, much like anything else in this country, but we've got to make sure that the American people are educated about what is really at stake here. I mean it is our kids' futures. It is whether or…

you bet they're not, because they want the status quo to continue as they continue to reap the benefits of the status quo with billions of dollars in bonuses and salaries that they get to take home.

If you go back to the student aid issue, what we had was an opportunity to take the $60 billion that was being given, for all intents and purposes, to middlemen, the banks, and say, you know, We don't need to spend that anymore. We're…

That's correct. So you have your broker at any one of the brokerage firms, and you think he is actually there, trying to find good deals for you to invest in. What you don't know is that many of them are captive, much like in the insurance…

If the gentleman would yield, in the discussion today in the Financial Services Committee on Lehman's--now, mind you, this is an examiner who has been appointed by the court to go through 5 million e-mails and documents, and his report has…

If the gentleman will yield, in many respects, it's worse because, 10 years ago, there were probably 60 big banks. Today, there are only five. Because of this financial meltdown and because of the purchase by many of these banks of other…

Well, if the gentleman would yield, those statistics make the case better than anything we could say or do. Under Christopher Cox, who was then the SEC Chairman and a former Member of this very body who was appointed during the Bush…

You know, today we had a hearing in the Financial Services Committee in which we looked at sort of an autopsy of Lehman Brothers. Lehman Brothers is particularly problematic for California, but also for many other States and local…

Well, I guess the best way to give you a little history is to tell you that the financial services industry is spending $1.4 million a day, right here in Congress, trying to convince Members not to support the regulation reform measure.

I think the important message that we are trying to drive home tonight is if you really want to see reform, then follow the money. Follow the $1.4 million a day that's being spent by Wall Street trying to lobby to keep the status quo…

I cannot understand how anyone seated in this Chamber today cannot appreciate the fact that the language from the Senate version of the bill already expands the Hyde language. Under the Senate version of the bill, a woman in the exchange…

Again, I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this resolution recognizing Women's History Month. Let me also suggest that we are all going to go down in history this weekend for the kinds of votes we take. If there ever was an issue…

In closing, I wish that the gentleman from Tennessee would have returned to the resolution that is before us in concluding his comments. We are here, as you know, to recognize the life and work of Donald Harington. And while we were trying…

What is so interesting is that all of those proposals, each and every one of those proposals, are included in the health care reform measure that we will all have the opportunity to vote on this weekend. Mr. Lance, if he has the courage to…

You know, there's something very ironic about the fact that when we are honoring long-term care physicians, that they have become the pawn by the Republicans to have a discussion on health care reform and--oh, by the way, the long-term…

As we discuss this resolution on recognizing the long-term care physicians, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle keep wanting to debate the health care reform measure, so I feel it is incumbent on me to at least shed some light…

As we again debate this health care reform measure, which is not the measure that is before us presently, but a resolution to promote long-term care physicians, I would just like to point out that while the bishops may not support the…

I think it is very important for the American people to appreciate that the Hyde amendment is alive and well in this bill. In fact, it is extended in this bill. Many of us who are concerned about making sure that women have access to the…