April 30: Kaptur Welcomes Report of Justice Department Criminal Investigation into Goldman Sachs

Her effort in the House of Representatives netted 62signatories. Activist groups then wagedan on-line petition drive that obtained approximately 140,000 signatures. On Wednesday, Kaptur joined representativesof MoveOn.org and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee at the JusticeDepartment to present the letter and the petitions together.

Kaptur said the week's events underscore the need formore concerted action against potential fraud in the financial sector. Kaptur is the sponsor of the Financial Crisisof 2008 Criminal Investigation and Prosecution Act of 2009 (H.R. 3995) thatwould authorize the hiring of up to 1,000 investigators by the FBI as well asadditional personnel by the Department of Justice and the Securities andExchange Commission's enforcement division.

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