Posted on 08/24/2006 10:22:16 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2006
CONTACT: Brendan Daly/Jennifer Crider 202-226-7616 Pelosi Announces Democratic Truth Squad to Expose Bush Administration’s Waste, Fraud and Abuse
Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today announced the formation of Democrats new Waste, Fraud and Abuse Truth Squad. The Truth Squad will be chaired by Congressmen Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) and Dennis Cardoza (D-CA).
The Truth Squad will conduct oversight of the Bush Administration’s handling of taxpayer dollars. Under the Bush Administration’s watch, billions of taxpayer's dollars have been squandered, contributing to the largest annual deficits in our nation’s history. Despite documented instances of waste, fraud and abuse, the Republican Congress has failed to provide meaningful oversight or hold the Administration accountable.
“The alarming amount of waste, fraud and abuse by the Bush Administration and the Rubber Stamp Republican Congress is egregious,” House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said. “The Democratic Truth Squad will keep the Bush Administration honest by documenting and exposing waste, fraud, and abuse. Democrats are committed to a new direction in the way our government does business so taxpayer’s money is handled responsibly.”
Today, the Truth Squad is releasing a new report on wasteful procurement spending in response to Hurricane Katrina. In the year following Hurricane Katrina, citizens of the Gulf Coast needed government to be at it best. Instead, they got the cronyism, corruption, and incompetence that has been far too commonplace under the Bush Administration and the Republican Congress. To read the report, click here.
“The way the Bush Administration has spent taxpayer dollars is shameful,” Congressman Waxman said. “They’ve wasted billions and held no one accountable. And the continuing indifference of the Republican Congress has allowed this to continue unchecked.”
“The Republican leaders in Congress and the White House have abdicated their responsibility to manage our nation’s finances,” Congressman Cardoza said. “Congress cannot continue to buck its constitutional duty of checks-and-balances. Future generations will have to pay for the money the federal government is borrowing from other countries to spend in Washington.”
Joining Congressmen Waxman and Cardoza on the Truth Squad are:
Congressman David Obey (D-WI)
Congressman John Tanner (D-TN)
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
Congressman John Tierney (D-MA)
Perhaps we should convene a class in 'How to actually spot a true fact' for Democrats.
A sixth-form English schoolboy should be do to teach it I think.
Gee, they should have invited Representative Jefferson. He has firsthand knowledge of the subject.
Bwah hah hah hah hah.....
She wouldn't know the truth if it bit her squarely on her big fat butt. She is a commie and an appeaser.
I was just thinking about some money in a freezer...
Wait until Pelosi becomes House majority leader this fall. My blood pressure is gonna go through the roof!
Shows you how effective Don Luskin has been with the Krugman Truth Squad. http://www.nationalreview.com/nrof_luskin/luskin032003.asp
They can drive around in little black and white VW Beetles, until Best Buy sues.
Well, how inconvenient for them that a conservative "truth squad" has been putting the facts out there for quite a few years now regarding the lefties...the internet, talk radio, and alternative news. Must be frustrating as hell for them.
The RATS are such idiots. When they start this investigation and discover that some of their own are in that group who squandered money, they'll learn that people who live in glass houses shouldn't have thrown rocks. What a bunch of imbeciles! It's going to backfire on them.
Who is that to the left of Wacko Jacko?
So wasteful spending originates out of the Executive Branch? When did this happen?
Ruth Buzzi Ginsberg and Spock belong in that transition. LOL
When 43 was elected :)
If I were to design the ideal parody of the Democratic Congress, a bit more extreme, stupid, and inept than the general Democratic Party, it would be these Democrats.
Or Rep Mollohan.
Judge Anna Diggs Taylor
The Judge that ruled the NSA phone surveillance program unconstitutional.
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