Pete Stark: “I was not allowed into those sessions and felt badly about that. What I am suggesting is that the issue was that…”

“I was not allowed into those sessions and felt badly about that. What I am suggesting is that the issue was that subsequent to all of this the people who brought the original lawsuit, mostly asking for an injunction to stop it, that is what they started out asking for. And then, many years later, they came back to ask to get their legal fees back. So they were awarded legal fees; not a fine. Nobody was convicted. As a matter of fact, Ira was investigated by the U.S. Attorney, who found that he did nothing that would have warranted his being indicted. Now, that is where we are, and I believe those are the facts. And I do not know as we have to go on. He was wrong. The government admitted it. I do not know whether he ever admitted it. The people who brought the case were awarded legal fees that the government is obligated to pay because, under the law, nobody else can pay it. Now, that is where we are tonight. I would be perfectly willing to figure out how to prevent that. This resolution does not do it. So what I am suggesting is we may have more accord here than the gentleman thinks.”