Dan Burton said "All right. Mr. Speaker, let me just say that Everett Dirksen, when he was a United States Senator, said, a billion here, a billion there, and you're really talking about money, real money. Now it's a trillion here, a trillion there, and you're talking about real money. The only problem is the American people are going to face hyperinflation down the road if we continue down this path. Today we are talking about an additional $350 billion, and we don't even know where the first $350 billion of the bailout was spent. It makes no sense to me to be voting for this today when we really don't have any accountability for the first tranche, the $350 billion that has already been allocated. People in the stock market are taking a real bath. People who have investments, their life investments, in the stock market are taking a real bath. People who are going to retire or are already retired are taking a real bath." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJanuary 15, 2009

All right. Mr. Speaker, let me just say that Everett Dirksen, when he was a United States Senator, said, a billion here, a billion there, and you're really talking about money, real money. Now it's a trillion here, a trillion there, and you're talking about real money. The only problem is the American people are going to face hyperinflation down the road if we continue down this path. Today we are talking about an additional $350 billion, and we don't even know where the first $350 billion of the bailout was spent. It makes no sense to me to be voting for this today when we really don't have any accountability for the first tranche, the $350 billion that has already been allocated. People in the stock market are taking a real bath. People who have investments, their life investments, in the stock market are taking a real bath. People who are going to retire or are already retired are taking a real bath.

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Dan Burton

Indiana

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing concerns over government spending and accountability related to the financial bailout.

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