We want to thank you for taking this step. It is an important step.
Mr. Fox, let me ask you about the Falcone accounts at Bank of America.
You can then decide whether you are going to assert a Fifth Amendment privilege.
We are grateful for that.
I think it was very important for the Subcommittee to get the information that we got.
You would foreclose the possibility of discovery at some future point of criminal conduct you might want to pursue.
Well, our report looks at two pretty big loopholes--or three of them, actually, because lawyers ought to be included in ...
Is there some sense of reluctance to really take a close look at and monitor an attorney-client or a law firm account?
That is exactly what it does reflect. That is precisely what it says.
Mr. Birrell, did your company, the Grace Group, receive funds from both Mr. Omar Bongo, and an entity named Ayira?
stopping the flow of illegal money is critical because foreign corruption damages civil society, undermines the rule of ...
I think you would agree that was a highly unusual request.
We are appreciative of that cooperation of you and other witnesses.
I congratulate you. I think you are well on the way with your bill that you are introducing, which we hopefully can work...
I agree with you completely that I would love to see broader application of these protections.
And it was suspicious or suspect funds, was that true?
The law covers jewelry stores.
I think that would really help us in our ability to defend the Nation.
