October 20: On Anderson Cooper 360, Kaptur Blasts Wall Street Bankers
October 21, 2009
Kaptur, a member of the House Appropriations Committee, saidbankers, instead of awarding performances, "should try to make up to thecountry for some of the damage they have caused. It's getting worse all acrossthe country: more unemployment, more foreclosures, more bank closures."
Kaptur, a consistent critic of Wall Street, cited "a cultureof greed and excess that operates at the highest levels in our culture. We needa country that changes from greed and excess to financial responsibility andprudence, certainly in the banking sector. They should be leaders, but they are part of the problem, not part ofthe solution."
Kaptur also reiterated her call for 1,000 Federal Bureau of Investigation agents who would be assigned to cases of suspected mortgage or securities fraud.