As some of you may recall, on the night of thursday, september 18, 2008, ben bernanke said that unless we act immediately, we will not have an economy by monday. This was thursday night. The unchecked recklessness of wall street created the worst economic catastrophe in america since the great depression. Millions of americans lost their jobs, homes, savings. Many families and communities bear the scars. The president wants to take us right back to that crisis. Instead of fighting for hardworking families as he promised in his campaign, the president and his billionaire cabinet have abandoned main street to enable corrosive profiteering of the banks on the back of hardworking americans. This administration has unleashed a wall street first agenda to pad the pockets of their wall street friends. An analysis of the wall street journal today finds that the president s orders will lead to a one hundred billion dollar windfall to the six biggest u. S. Banks. A one hundred billion dollar win
As some of you may recall, on the night of thursday, september 18, 2008, ben bernanke said that unless we act immediately, we will not have an economy by monday. This was thursday night. The unchecked recklessness of wall street created the worst economic catastrophe in america since the great depression. Millions of americans lost their jobs, homes, savings. Many families and communities bear the scars. The president wants to take us right back to that crisis. Instead of fighting for hardworking families as he promised in his campaign, the president and his billionaire cabinet have abandoned main street to enable corrosive profiteering of the banks on the back of hardworking americans. This administration has unleashed a wall street first agenda to pad the pockets of their wall street friends. An analysis of the wall street journal today finds that the president s orders will lead to a one hundred billion dollar windfall to the six biggest u. S. Banks. A one hundred billion dollar win
Ranking member of the Financial Services committee, Maxine Waters, another member of the committee, mr. Brad sherman of california, and congressman gonzales from texas, a new member of the committee. As some of you may recall, on the night of thursday, september 18, 2008, chairman of the fed ben bernanke said that unless we act immediately, we will not have an economy by monday. This was thursday night. The unchecked recklessness of wall street created the worst economic catastrophe in america since the great depression. Millions of americans lost their jobs, their homes, their savings. Many families and communities still bear the scars. The president wants to take us right back to that crisis. Instead of fighting for hardworking families as he promised in the campaign, the president and his billionaire cabinet have abandoned main street to enable wall streets corrosive profiteering of the banks on the back of hardworking americans. This administration has unleashed a wall street first
Ranking member of the Financial Services committee, Maxine Waters, another member of the committee, mr. Brad sherman of california, and congressman gonzales from texas, a new member of the committee. As some of you may recall, on the night of thursday, september 18, 2008, chairman of the fed ben bernanke said that unless we act immediately, we will not have an economy by monday. This was thursday night. The unchecked recklessness of wall street created the worst economic catastrophe in america since the great depression. Millions of americans lost their jobs, their homes, their savings. Many families and communities still bear the scars. The president wants to take us right back to that crisis. Instead of fighting for hardworking families as he promised in the campaign, the president and his billionaire cabinet have abandoned main street to enable wall streets corrosive profiteering of the banks on the back of hardworking americans. This administration has unleashed a wall street first
And everything in it. Teach us to trust you in turbulent times, striving always to live for your glory. Bless our senators. May your completeness surround their incompleteness, your strength support their weakness and your wisdom guide their minds. Give them the insight, guide them down paths they cannot see. Give them the insight, the courage and the faith to escape the repetition of old errors as they strive to embrace your truth. Lord, help us all to offer to you the sacrifice of repentant hearts. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Mcconnell madam president . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell last week, the Republicanled Senate passed two more Appropriations Bills by a large bipartisan majorit