http://www.greenwichtime.com/business/scn-sa-sundaybusinessjul10,0,2572443.story?coll=green-business-headlines It's not hard to put a dollar figure on House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's importance to corporate America. For drugmakers, his support is worth $13 billion; for petrochemical companies, it could be as much as $375 billion.
DeLay, R-Texas, led the fight to protect Valero Energy Corp. and other companies from pollution lawsuits. For Greenwich-based UST Inc., he helped block Food and Drug Administration regulation of tobacco.
For Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., DeLay employed his parliamentary prowess to win passage of a 2003 Medicare overhaul bill that prevents the government from negotiating with drugmakers for lower prices.
Business coalitions have won as well, as DeLay has consistently backed free-trade pacts supported by groups such as the Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable, a group of chief executives from 160 companies including Boeing Co. and Pfizer Inc.
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There is so much more at the link. I would be embarrassed to be whored to this extent. The Bugman doesn't care or doesn't know. He has no scruples, like many of the clients he services. :blush:
If I were one of his constituents, I would be asking what he had done for me lately.