Jim Cooper actually said...

If every politician were here who denounced waste, fraud, and abuse, this hearing room would be packed.

the political reward system is such that we are primarily benefited if we have good news speech material that excites voters back home.

But how do I look folks in the eye back home and say there has been accountability?

To my knowledge not one person, either military or civilian, has been punished in any way for one of the worst scandals in the 150-year hist...