Honorable Ron Paul
United States Representative, Republican, Texas
Representative Paul, of the Fourteenth District of Texas, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996. He previously served in the House in 1976 and from 1978 to 1994. He was a practicing physician from 1968 to 1996. He sits on the Financial Services Committee. the International Relations Committee, and the Joint Economic Committee. The following is from the July 31, 2009, House floor debate on H.R. 3269, the Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act. Many Americans are justly outraged that Wall Street firms that came hat in hand to receive bailouts from the Federal Government rewarded…
