Pelosi Supports Anti-Fraud Commission on Katrina

[sandnsea]

"Congress is rightly spending billions of dollars to help the people and businesses of the Gulf Coast who have been devastated by Hurricane Katrina. To ensure taxpayers' money goes to those in need, not to fraudulent contractors, we must establish an independent commission to oversee government contracts for hurricane relief.

"Already we have seen despicable stories of those trying to profit off desperate Gulf Coast residents. To ensure accountability and that taxpayer money is spent efficiently and effectively, this 'anti-fraud commission' would investigate waste and fraud in government contracting, as soon as the contracts are awarded.

"The Bush Administration has eased contracting quotas for small and minority businesses to funnel lucrative no-bid contracts to Halliburton, Bechtel and other large companies, the same firms that received no-bid contracts in Iraq, some of which have been found to shortchange taxpayers. Just as we cannot tolerate this wasteful spending and corruption overseas, we must not allow it here at home.

"Congress must also do everything in our power to prevent price gouging at the gas pump and for home heating oil and natural gas, especially as the winter months approach. We cannot allow profiteering from those who are exploiting this tragedy for monetary gain. The American people expect and deserve nothing less."

http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/?view=plink&id=1361

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[MoJoWorkin]

1. Thanks for posting this---

We need to rant on this until it makes mainstream:grr:

I was livid, after reading the other day, that they were going to profit from human misery, yet again.

[sandnsea]

2. Pelosi Supports Fraud

If it had said that, it would have had 100 responses by now. *sigh*

[gademocrat7]

3. Yes, shrub and company love money

and hate poor people. The more they can profit from human suffering the better. They have to go!

[IndyJones]

4. This type of oversight should have been put into the vote to approve

initial funding.

[Skink]

5. While we're at it let's set one up for Iraq too.

that's what Truman would do.

[ignatius 2]

6. There should most definitely be a committee established to oversee

these funds, account for them and to ensure there is no fraud or waste. I personally think congress should require a large percentage of the jobs to be filled by the locals and put them back to work.

For all the work of rebuilding to go to Bush's cronies is so wrong..