Posted on 01/13/2002 9:52:57 AM PST by MeekOneGOP
NewsMax.com
Sunday Jan. 13, 2001; 12:30 p.m. EST
Dingell: I'll Grill Rubin on Enrongate Calls
Michigan Congressman John Dingell, the ranking Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said Sunday he intends to call former Clinton administration Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin to testify in upcoming hearings into the collapse of energy giant Enron.
Dingell was asked by "Fox News Sunday's" Brit Hume whether he intended to question the former Clinton official after reports of his involvement in the scandal surfaced on Friday.
"If you watched me when I ran investigations, and I ran a lot of them and they were very, very effective, we had everybody in and we saw to it that we got all the facts," Dingell said, before adding, "Absolutely, yes."
Late last year as the energy giant was sliding into the financial abyss, Rubin reportedly attempted to intercede with the Bush Treasury Department.
Administration officials now say Rubin pressed Treasury Undersecretary Peter Fisher to contact credit agencies in an effort to persuade them not to cut Enron's credit rating.
Fisher told Rubin that such an action would be inappropriate, raising questions about why the Clinton administration financial czar involved himself in the first place.
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This whole thing could have been avoided if we had real reporters out there, instead of a bunch of gossip mongers. God, I hate the press.
Sure he will...it took Brit questioning Dingell several times for him to say he would.
Unless the RATS recently took over the House it's not Dingell's committee, that committee is chaired by Tom Bliley. I would think Bliley would do the calling, there's a certain something about democRAT calling another democRAT that bothers me. It's a bit strange that all this coverage is given to people like Dingell and Waxman when they are NOT the committee chairs.
Yes, it will be pretty interesting. I think they are going to find that their hardest job will be in trying to distance themselves from Clinton's involvement in the Enron mess while at the same time trying to pin the blame on "Bush Administration Officials". They are caught between Bill Clinton and a hard rock. And Clinton doesn't mind taking a chunk out of their keester every chance he gets.
And besides all that, Begala and Carville said that Rubin wasn't calling an administration HE was part of, he was just calling about Citigroup. (Like that makes a difference; but, of course, the Clinton administration DID make phone calls like that; ask what's his face, Babbitt.
I read that too and thought, what? What difference does that make? He was still trying to influence. So, I guess, this means if you call an administration that you are part of it's a bad thing then. Okay, let's talk about Ron Brown, Robert Rubin, Mack McClarty, Al Gore and Bill Clinton then. What bunch of morons.
So tell me, Mr. Rubin, what was the color of your tie when you made the call?
Er, I wasn't wearing a tie.
Now we're getting to the bottom of this!
A hard rock from Little Rock?
Sorry. Couldn't resist the corny joke.
It'll be very interesting to see how far each side wants to go with this issue. About the first two hours will tell the tale. Hope somebody televises the shows (and they may well be just that!)
Leni
How low would these Dems. go...dissing the Pres. on a lie during war when our enemies are watching, the coalition's fragile and we NEED our own energy sources for national security reasons...there's no lower left to go.
Enron and the Clintonites
Enron - What's Going On?, Neil Boortz's 60-sec. summary. FR thread.
Ex-TVA director, Gore friend got large sums to aid Enron
Mozambique: Enron Files for Bankruptcy , Clinton and co.
Then we can assist Henry in his fishing expedition-
Waxman Enron tip line. Cheers.
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