It was very clear. They thought that partying, drinking and accepting expensive tickets in a hotel room somehow made it's easier for them to understand the business of -- of how much ore and how much oil and how much natural gas was being taken out.
Darrell Issa: “It was very clear. They thought that partying, drinking and accepting expensive tickets in a hotel room somehow made…”
On the recordMay 4, 2010
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Rep. Darrell Issa describes the unethical behavior of MMS employees in relation to the oil industry.
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