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Don Nickles: “I will read a statement that came from the Department of Justice, on page 2: ``Because of the deep entrenchment of La…”

On the recordSeptember 4, 1997
I will read a statement that came from the Department of Justice, on page 2: ``Because of the deep entrenchment of La Cosa Nostra in the Teamsters electoral process, the consent decree gave the Government and the IBT the option to have the IBT election supervised by a court-appointed officer.'' It is because of the mob influence that has been with this union for a long time. I want it to be out. Hopefully, it is out. Obviously, there was still some corruption in the last election, which had a lot of taxpayer funding. The fact that the taxpayers had funds in it didn't clean it up. That is my point.
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Don Nickles
Oklahoma
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Addressing corruption and mob influence in the Teamsters union during a discussion on election oversight.

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