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Earl Blumenauer: I too was struck by that comment about having made his money in the private sector, not sullying himself with…

On the recordOctober 28, 2000
I too was struck by that comment about having made his money in the private sector, not sullying himself with government. But is it not true that the company for which he went to work and some of the performance bonuses that he has earned have been a result of massive government contracts, for example, with the military? ... So this is really a record to brag about. All that leads back to the point that I was trying to make earlier, which is the Governor of Texas came up through the oil industry, has received massive campaign contributions from the oil industry.
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Earl Blumenauer
Democratic · Oregon

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Discussing the implications of government contracts and campaign contributions during a debate.

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