Tony Thurmond: “First, I feel that the conflict of interest provisions are consistent with past Senate efforts to eliminate…”

“First, I feel that the conflict of interest provisions are consistent with past Senate efforts to eliminate agency-specific requirements that are no longer necessary. Second, the Sense of the Senate related to environmental restoration addresses concerns related to civil and criminal liability of individual Federal employees acting within the scope of their employment. The sense of the Senate specifically provides that Federal employees shall not be held personally liable for a failure to fulfill an environmental cleanup requirement that is the result of insufficient congressional appropriations. I support the amendment, as offered by Senator Johnston.”