Political Quotes

“the Senator from Arizona is on to an interesting concept and I will offer a second-degree amendment to expand a good idea. The amendment which I will offer will suggest we can also offset the expenses of veterans health care by profits paid to and penalties paid by sole-source contractors doing business in Iraq. I took a look at some of the companies doing business in Iraq. It turns out they are making not only outrageous profits, but they are under investigation by our Government. Sole-source contractors, such as Halliburton and Bechtel--and as you look at some of the figures, I would concede some of the figures relative to fees are stunning but, frankly, Halliburton puts them to shame. Halliburton's Kellogg Brown & Root subsidiary is under mounting scrutiny since last fall over suspicions that a fuel contract the company signed in May overcharged United States taxpayers by $61 million, up to the end of September and $20 million a month since then. This is rather lengthy. I will try to get it together quickly because there are so many things Halliburton has been involved in. Let me go through the chronology of Halliburton and how we believe they substantially overcharged the taxpayers. Incidentally, this is not a partisan observation. The Pentagon has turned Halliburton in to the SEC.”