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Rep. Brad Sherman, D California :



Larry I am glad you have a few seconds to talk to someone who voted against this bill. I am not changing my mind. I want to thank my colleagues who stood up to the purveyors of panic and voted against a very bad bill and voted with 400 eminent economists including three Nobel laureates who wrote to us and said don't panic, don't act hastily, hold hearings, work carefully. The fact is Larry if you read this bill, even you would have voted against it.



It provides hundreds of billions of dollars of bailouts to foreign investors. It provides no real control of Paulson's power. There is a critique board but not really a board that can step in and change what he does. It's a $700 billion program run by a part-time temporary employee and there is no limit on million dollar a month salaries.



Larry Kudlow:



Let me just ask you one question. I think you are referring to foreign banks headquartered in the United States. I do not see how foreign investors get bailed out.



Rep. Brad Sherman:



Larry you have to read the bill. It's very clear. The Bank of Shanghai can transfer all of its toxic assets to the Bank of Shanghai of Los Angeles which can then sell them the next day to the Treasury. I had a provision to say if it wasn't owned by an American entity even a subsidiary, but at least an entity in the US, the Treasury can't buy it. It was rejected.



The bill is very clear. Assets now held in China and London can be sold to US entities on Monday and then sold to the Treasury on Tuesday. Paulson has made it clear he will recommend a veto of any bill that contained a clear provision that said if Americans did not own the asset on September 20th that it can't be sold to the Treasury.



Hundreds of billions of dollars are going to bail out foreign investors. They know it, they demanded it and the bill has been carefully written to make sure that can happen.

Resolution Draft

3 SEC. 112. COORDINATION WITH FOREIGN AUTHORITIES

4 AND CENTRAL BANKS.

5 The Secretary shall coordinate, as appropriate, with

6 foreign financial authorities and central banks to work to

7 ward the establishment of similar programs by such au

8 thorities and central banks. To the extent that such for

9 eign financial authorities or banks hold troubled assets as

10 a result of extending financing to financial institutions

11 that have failed or defaulted on such financing, such trou

12 bled assets qualify for purchase under section 101.



7 SEC. 101. PURCHASES OF TROUBLED ASSETS.

8 (a) OFFICES; AUTHORITY.—

9 (1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary is authorized

10 to establish a troubled asset relief program (or

11 ‘‘TARP’’) to purchase, and to make and fund com

12 mitments to purchase, troubled assets from any fi

13 nancial institution, on such terms and conditions as

14 are determined by the Secretary, and in accordance

15 with this Act and the policies and procedures devel

16 oped and published by the Secretary.



SEC. 112. COORDINATION WITH FOREIGN AUTHORITIES

4 AND CENTRAL BANKS.

5 The Secretary shall coordinate, as appropriate, with

6 foreign financial authorities and central banks to work to

7ward the establishment of similar programs by such au

8thorities and central banks. To the extent that such for

9eign financial authorities or banks hold troubled assets as

10 a result of extending financing to financial institutions

11 that have failed or defaulted on such financing, such trou

12bled assets qualify for purchase under section 101.

Please get this to EVERY senator before the Senate takes a vote.

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Rep. Brad Sherman

On Bailing Out Foreign Investors

Dear senator



Today I listened to Representative Brad Sherman on how the Paulson proposal will purposely bail out foreign investors.



Here is the shocking text as translated from CNBC in an exchange with Larry Kudlow.



Rep. Brad Sherman, D California :



Larry I am glad you have a few seconds to talk to someone who voted against this bill. I am not changing my mind. I want to thank my colleagues who stood up to the purveyors of panic and voted against a very bad bill and voted with 400 eminent economists including three Nobel laureates who wrote to us and said don't panic, don't act hastily, hold hearings, work carefully. The fact is Larry if you read this bill, even you would have voted against it.



It provides hundreds of billions of dollars of bailouts to foreign investors. It provides no real control of Paulson's power. There is a critique board but not really a board that can step in and change what he does. It's a $700 billion program run by a part-time temporary employee and there is no limit on million dollar a month salaries.



Larry Kudlow:



Let me just ask you one question. I think you are referring to foreign banks headquartered in the United States. I do not see how foreign investors get bailed out.



Rep. Brad Sherman:



Larry you have to read the bill. It's very clear. The Bank of Shanghai can transfer all of its toxic assets to the Bank of Shanghai of Los Angeles which can then sell them the next day to the Treasury. I had a provision to say if it wasn't owned by an American entity even a subsidiary, but at least an entity in the US, the Treasury can't buy it. It was rejected.



The bill is very clear. Assets now held in China and London can be sold to US entities on Monday and then sold to the Treasury on Tuesday.



Paulson has made it clear he will recommend a veto of any bill that contained a clear provision that said if Americans did not own the asset on September 20th that it can't be sold to the Treasury.



Hundreds of billions of dollars are going to bail out foreign investors. They know it, they demanded it and the bill has been carefully written to make sure that can happen.



Senator, please scrap the Paulson proposal in entirety and try something that might work, that is constitutional, and does not put taxpayer money at risk.



US citizens should not spending $700 Billion to bail out foreign investors. The actions of Treasury Secretary Paulson go far beyond disgusting, to outright betrayal of US citizens.



I ask that you take a clear stand against this un-American bill by not only voting against it, but to Filibuster the bill until it is given up for dead. I cannot and will not vote for any legislator who votes for this bill, or even allows it to be brought up for vote.



Senator, the United States of America is depending on you to block this bill for the good of the country.



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