James Traficant: “while Congress fights over small pay raises, the Justice Department…”

On the recordSeptember 20, 2000

while Congress fights over small pay raises, the Justice Department gave $180 million worth of bonuses. If that is not enough to promote the Peter Principle, Robert Bratt and Joe Lake got big bucks for illegal contracts, illegal hiring of cronies, and illegal visas for two lovers they called field operatives, and neither was even charged. Let us check further. Colgate got $110,000, Sposato got $85,000, Vail got $75,000. Meanwhile, my $1 minimum wage bill is still being blocked in the Senate, and this group of cronies at the Justice Department maintains dossiers on myself and all my colleagues, making sure we do not destroy their gravy train. Beam me up here. It is time to pass H.R. 4105 and put a bulldog right on their buns, big time.

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James Traficant

Ohio

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Addressing issues of government bonuses and corruption during a speech on the House floor.

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James Traficant: “while Congress fights over small pay raises, the Justice Department gave $180 million worth of bonuses. If that is not…”

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