Jim Bunning
The Public Record
Jim Bunning is a former United States Senator from Kentucky, serving from 1999 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Bunning was known for his strong conservative positions and advocacy for fiscal responsibility. Before his political career, he was a professional baseball player, notably a pitcher in Major League Baseball, where he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987. Bunning's tenure in the Senate included a focus on issues such as energy policy and workers' compensation reform, often criticizing the Department of Energy's handling of compensation programs for workers.
Sep 21, 2010
if the Congress does it that way, you are absolutely correct that this program will fall into an abyss and never pay for itself, and the Government will be on the hook for more than the 18 plus billion dollars it presently is.
Sep 21, 2010
But the SEC for 13 years has sat on their hands. So if you do not get the Justice Department involved in this, shame on you as the Inspector General.
Sep 21, 2010
Let me get one thing straight. You are the Inspector General for the SEC, correct?
Sep 21, 2010
One of my proudest accomplishments in the U.S. Senate was authorizing the 2004 law that reauthorized the National Flood Insurance Program.
Sep 21, 2010
I mean, that to me is criminal negligence, and the sooner they get him before a U.S. court, the better I will like it.
Sep 21, 2010
How would you grade the bill the Senate passed in the last Congress and the bill that recently passed the House in terms of improving the relationships between the premium property owners pay and their actual risk?
Sep 21, 2010
Then why do you submit your reports to the SEC so they can redact anything, to prevent the public and our Committee from knowing exactly what you said in the report?
Sep 21, 2010
Five weeks is a pretty good time to be able to read the report and, according to the Inspector General, redact those things that should not be made public.