ms. kaptur, for four minutes. ms. kaptur: i thank the gentleman from pennsylvania for yielding and mr.aker, i rise tonight to offer my deepest sympathies and condolences to the sit len -- from the citizens of ohio's ninth congressional district to the people of france. our long standing brothers and sisters in liberty. to all whose loved ones were killed or hurt in the barbaric attacks in pars relast weekend, we offer our prayers of comfort and consolation and our sincerest thanks are extended to law enforcement officials who bravely brought order and to top officials who ministered those who lost their lives. around the world, freedom loving people are repeating the words of the national anthem of france. this powerful song of inler -- liberty against tyranny roused that nation when it was written at the start of the french revolution, just a few years after america's own fight for liberty. one verse seems especially appropriate to recite tonight. translated into english, it says sacred love of the fatherland, liberty, cherished liberty, fight with thy defenders, fight with thy defend

ms. kaptur, for four minutes. ms. kaptur: i thank the gentleman from pennsylvania for yielding and mr. speaker, i rise tonight to offer my deepest sympathies and condolences to the sit len -- from the citizens of ohio's ninth congressional district to the people of france. our long standing brothers and sisters in liberty. to all whose loved ones were killed or hurt in the barbaric attacks in pars relast weekend, we offer our prayers of comfort and consolation and our sincerest thanks are extended to law enforcement officials who bravely brought order and to top officials who ministered those who lost their lives. around the world, freedom loving people are repeating the words of the national anthem of france. this powerful song of inler -- liberty against tyranny roused that nation when it was written at the start of the french revolution, just a few years after america's own fight for liberty. one verse seems especially appropriate to recite tonight. translated into english, it says sacred love of the fatherland, liberty, cherished liberty, fight with thy defenders, fight with thy de

ms. kaptur, the gentlewoman from florida, ms. ros-lehtinen.he tellers will come forward and take their seats at the desk in front of the speaker's rostrum. the roll will now be taken and hose the speaker: the tellers agree in their tallies that the total number of votes cast is 432 of which the honorable paul d. ryan of the state of wisconsin has received 236. the honorable nancy pelosi of california has received 184. the honorable daniel webster of the state of florida has received nine. the honorable jim cooper of the state of tennessee has received one. the honorable john lewis of georgia has received one. and the honorable colin poul has received one. -- colin powell has received one. therefore, the honorable paul d. ryan of the state of wisconsin having received the majority of the votes cast is duly elected as speaker of the house. the sergeant at arms: mr. speaker, the speaker-elect, paul d. ryan of wisconsin.

ms. kaptur: i rise to encourage you to join with me and 69 of our colleagues, 0 already, who have signed on to co-sponsor h.r. 381, the return to prudent banking act. this bipartisan bill would restore the provisions of the glass-steagall banking law that separated prudent banking from wild speculation in the financial rem. yesterday -- realm. yesterday marked the 16th year to the day that congress repealed the glass-steagall act in 1999, bestowing on financial institutions and investment firms the ability to put the life savings and deposits of the american people at greater risk. i was one of the 67 members of this congress who voted against that repeal of glass-steagall. at that time, my colleagues and i were told by wall street that the banks were strangled by outdate red stricks as the repeal was a modern experiment in deregulation, so congress repealed this bedrock law over our objections. look where that decision took america. we witnessed the terrible market crash in 2008. now slow growth and the outrageous, enormous accumulation of banking assets in a handful of institutions lik