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John Hansen: “I have never been more disturbed with an individual as I am with the Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Bruce Babbitt. I…”

On the recordJuly 25, 1996
I have never been more disturbed with an individual as I am with the Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Bruce Babbitt. I would like to go over some of the problems that we are experiencing here in Congress in our relationship with the Secretary. Over the last 3 years, the travels of Secretary Babbitt have been quite impressive. In fact, he has spent over 40 percent of his time in office crisscrossing this country. Many of those trips consisted of politically inspired activities of the highest order, including photo-ops and rigged roundtable discussions to get President Clinton reelected by distorting the Republican record. Every Secretary plays politics for their President, you say? Well, this Secretary's political trips have included mistruths and distortions like no other. This has, in turn, allowed neglect of management problems at the department to fester.
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John Hansen
Iowa
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Addressing concerns about the Secretary of the Interior's political activities and management issues.

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