On the recordOctober 27, 2000
This issue is about big payoffs, not big oil. In fact, it is about the biggest payoffs ever made and accepted by Federal bureaucrats, indeed, over $750,000 already. This resolution is about our ability as Members of Congress to ask questions of and to get answers from those who made the big payoffs, and those who accepted them. It is that simple. Members should know that there was a written agreement to funnel $4 million to two Federal employees. Make no mistake, those who oppose this resolution are sanctioning the ability of people to hide the facts about what goes on in big government agencies from the people and from congressional committees. This resolution is about holding those who made and accepted these big payoffs to the same standard we would hold any corporation if it made huge payments to Federal workers. So do not fall for the smoke screen. Big payments to Federal Government workers are wrong. Support the resolution.
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