Ed Markey: “I think that this is just an incredibly appropriate moment to be honoring Mr. Dingell, because he is the living link to…”

“I think that this is just an incredibly appropriate moment to be honoring Mr. Dingell, because he is the living link to the principles of fairness, justice, and advancing the public interest that animated the New Deal, and which remain so relevant today to the important issues which we are discussing here, not only on the floor of the House, but all across America: The lessons of why we regulate Wall Street, why we ensure that those who control the finances of all the families in our country have to be watched with an eagle eye. Mr. Dingell, who ensured that our securities laws were rewritten to provide for protection against insider trading, curbing penny stock manipulation, increased civil penalties, the 1990 Market Reform Act. He is responsible for so many of the laws that are now going to be looked to, to ensure that we enforce our securities laws against those who have abused the public trust.”