Posted on 07/18/2007 9:18:37 AM PDT by bilhosty
What's a paltry one million dollars to a member of Congress?
Well, apparently not enough to know if an organization about to receive that big block of cash actually exists.
Republican Rep. Jeff Flake of Arizona, the fiscal crusader who's never met an earmark he likes, questioned Democratic Rep. Peter J. Visclosky of Indiana on the House floor Tuesday about whether the Center for Instrumented Critical Infrastructure actually exists - since, hey, it's getting like a million bucks or something.
Visclosky, who chairs the spending subcommittee responsible for the project, had to admit that, well, he didn't have a clue.
After a lengthy back-and-forth, Flake, complaining that his staff couldn't find a website for the center, asked Visclosky, "Does the center currently exist?"
"At this time, I do not know," the Indiana Democrat replied. "But if it does not exist, the monies could not go to it."
And
It's John Murtha
See how the GOP sells out again. At least there are a few good Republicans. About 98 of them
If this Center for Instrumented Critical Infrastructure does not exist or is just some phony shell doesn’t giving them government money constitute fraud? Where is the GAO besides asleep at the switch. Congress wants to investigate everything how about investigating fraud.
This is why I have stated that we need to drastically cut our taxes and take the power away from these people that just give our money away. They give it to non-existing organization, they give it to other countries, they take federal tax money and give it to cities like San Franfreeco to build a park, they give, give, give without our permission. Their power is in the money. Take it away from them. We need to spend money on our military, Social Security, Medicare, our Federal Highway system. The rest can be handled by the individual states. We also need to cut the salaries of Congress until their approval rate with the American people is 51% or greater.
the organization does exist, at least as far as this update is concerned. it falls under an umbrella organization run by a Murtha donor (to the tune of $7000)
From the article (at the bottom):
UPDATE: I failed to report last night that a certificate filed with the requested funds says the money is actually earmarked to Concurrent Technologies Corporation, a nonprofit technological consulting firm. A brief search of campaign finance records shows CTC President and CEO Daniel R. DeVos, of alternately Central City and Johnstown, Pa. has contributed $7,000 to Murtha’s reelection campaign since April 2002.
“the organization does exist, at least as far as this update is concerned. it falls under an umbrella organization run by a Murtha donor (to the tune of $7000)”
you are right in otherwards it does not exist.
I sure wish I could get $1m for an organization that doesn’t exist for a non-existant study on a non-existant subject. Once they give you the money the first time, they give it to you every year it seems..
bttt
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