[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 178 (Friday, November 10, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H12089]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        ENERGY SECRETARY O'LEARY

  (Mr. TIAHRT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TIAHRT. Mr. Speaker, Energy Secretary O'Leary wasted over 43,000 
taxpayer dollars to compile an enemies list which included some Members 
of this Chamber. If any Member of Congress had taken the taxpayers' 
dollars and spent them in such a blatant self-serving manner, they 
would have been run out of office, and rightfully so.
  At a time when we are making tough choices to balance the budget, it 
is the height of irresponsibility for Secretary O'Leary to be wasting 
money like that.
  One of the targets of her investigation, Senate Majority Leader Dole, 
said the whole thing was a shocking waste of taxpayer dollars.
  I was also a target of this investigation. I think it is an abuse of 
the American taxpayers themselves. After all, this administration has 
been mired in one ethical scandal after another: Whitewater, 
Travelgate, Webb Hubbell, Ron Brown. The list goes on and on.
  While the administration warns of an impending financial default 
which could put 800,000 Government workers on unemployment, it is clear 
that there has been an ethical default of almost 3 years. It is time 
for Secretary O'Leary to find gainful employment outside the U.S. 
Government.

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