01/13/2009
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"I think the Senate has a role in policing this as well, that the whole purpose of advise and consent... doesn't take away our Senate obligation to find out what conflicts of interest you will bring to..."
"At this point, what I deduce from your statement is that if that set of hypothetical facts were true, if you had raised $1 million from a big energy corporation to go through the Rule of Law Defense F..."
"That may very well create a conflict of interest, mightn't it?"
"Did you raise money for the Rule of Law Defense Fund, front entities that will appear before EPA as potential defendants in subjects of regulation?"