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ABCNews.com"ACORN should be held to the same high standards of every other government contractor," says Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Florida. "But there are bigger fish to fry."
Before being elected to Congress, Grayson was a former government contracts lawyer and brought False Claims Act cases on behalf of whistleblowers against contractors, including many in Iraq. He now sits on the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittees of both the House Financial Services Committee and House Science and Technology Committee.
"We can't have a situation where the laws of justice are applied to one organization and not to any of the others, particularly when there are organizations that are polluting water for our soldiers and electrocuting them," Grayson says.
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Asked for comment, Issa spokesman Kurt Bardella told ABC News, "frankly, I don’t know how anyone can successfully argue those who actually perpetrate fraud and misuse taxpayer dollars shouldn’t be held to a more scrutinized standard. But if people want to start a crusade defending federal dollar recipients who have committed fraud and mismanaged taxpayer dollars – they are welcome to make that case to the American people. For far too long, recipients of federal dollars have been given free reign and some have acted in a reckless and cavalier way and whether it be ACORN or anyone else – abuse and fraud will not be tolerated."
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http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/09/will-house-defund-acorn-bill-defund-military-contractors.html
Se habla "Law of Unintended Consequences"?
I was hoping that the overreach of the Republics would happen soon-and they may have handed us a gift.
BTW, I can almost imagine that the last paragraph came through clenched teeth. We'll see how eager Congresscritter Darrell Assa, er...Issa is to hold the likes of KBR to account. I'm thinking he as well as his cohorts are full of crap.
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