Political Quotes

“One of my constituents, a young West Point graduate, a gung-ho Army guy, a guy who loves the Army and who would write me these e-mails and say, I am so proud of what my soldiers are doing here in Iraq. So he is not a disgruntled Army guy. But he tells me that Halliburton is importing Filipinos and paying them very little to do work that was previously done by the American soldier. So that is an example of what the gentleman is saying. This company, Halliburton, my goodness, when are we going to face the facts? It has been reported, by the way, in an editorial in the Columbus, Ohio Dispatch that insiders have now said that Halliburton is housing some of their employees in hotels that cost $10,000 per night, $10,000 per night, but that is what you can do when you have a cost plus contract. There is no incentive to hold down cost. They were paying $100 to get a laundry bag of clothing washed, $100 a bag; $10,000 a night for a hotel room. And it is the American taxpayer that is paying that kind of exceedingly high cost. We are being gouged by Halliburton, the company that Vice President Dick Cheney was the CEO of. We all know it. The American people know it. This company is taking the American taxpayer for a ride. And I believe this administrations needs to step up and say, we are going to put a stop to it.”