Answer:
The answer is e. to support a federal bailout of the banking industry
Explanation:
To response to financial crisis, President Bush had addressed in the public television that the federal bailout of damaged financial institutions was necessary to avoid long and painful recession.
In fact, his administration had implemented an $700 billion worth of Trouble Asset Relief Program since October 2008, in which the amount from federal government's budget was spent on bailout damaged financial institutions such as American International Group (AIG), and bad mortgage debts.
So, e is the correct choice.