[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 198 (Wednesday, December 13, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H14374]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               EPA SECRETARY O'LEARY, A ``MATERIAL GIRL''

  (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, the President has a ``Material Girl'' in his 
Cabinet. Secretary O'Leary has leased the very same plane that Madonna 
used for a trip to South Africa. She took 51 of her staff and she took 
68 guests, and they all got in first class and flew down to South 
Africa at a cost to the taxpayers of $560,000.
  Vice President Gore tried to defend this terrible waste of taxpayers' 
money by saying she is creating all these jobs in America and that 
there are lots of contracts being written. The truth is there are only 
signed letters of intent; no jobs, no contracts. This is just the tip 
of the iceberg.
  The Department of Energy has terrible mismanagement. Vice President 
Gore himself, in the National Performance Review, says the 
environmental management is 40 percent inefficient and it is going to 
cost taxpayers $70 billion over the next 30 years. We need to do 
something about this. It is time to turn the lights out at the 
Department of Energy and it is time for Secretary O'Leary to resign.

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