Kendrick Meek: “If they ask to see the books and they ask to take part and are trying to help with the problem, trying to get out of the…”

“If they ask to see the books and they ask to take part and are trying to help with the problem, trying to get out of the hole that you are in a financial way and they are called, well, you must be a mole from another company; no, you are not really with us, name calling, attacks. That will not happen because the bottom line is that they will not allow it. {time} 1930 So here in the Congress, we have to make sure as it relates to this culture of corruption and cronyism and incompetence that we should not allow it to happen. That is the reason why the hour before, I mean some folks say, why would you give the Speaker credit? I give the Speaker credit by saying there should be some ethics courses here in this House. That is a start, okay? If we have a problem, first we have to say we have a problem and then we can be on the road to recovery. But if we deny that we have a problem, if we look at the front page of the paper and say, oh, I just do not want to read it today because it is talking about what is happening in the workplace, well, that may be okay if you are in a private company somewhere and you do not have stockholders and it is your money, that is your deal; but when you have the American people and you are using their money and you are making decisions on behalf of a country and you are not willing to look at the issues that are facing us right now as relates to governance, then you are making your problem the American people's problem and the taxpayers' problem.”