[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 76 (Wednesday, May 9, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H4632]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      FOXES GUARDING THE HENHOUSE

  (Mr. EMANUEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. EMANUEL. Mr. Speaker, Johnnie Burton and Terri Shaw, two of 
President Bush's administration's foxes that have been guarding the 
henhouse, are stepping down. And now they are gone and the American 
people are better off.
  At the Interior Department, Johnnie Burton let Big Oil drill at 
taxpayers' expense and got away with it until Congress stepped in, 
costing the taxpayers billions of dollars.
  At the Education Department, Terri Shaw is stepping down after 
several scandals were uncovered in the student loan industry. On her 
watch, lenders and Education Department officials undermined the 
student loan program, which millions of students and middle-class 
families count on to go to college with and achieve their American 
Dream.
  Every day we see another headline and another story. Congress does 
its oversight job, and another Bush administration official at the 
center of the storm is eventually forced to step down.
  The White House has had an approach of letting the industry govern 
itself. They cut out the middleman. They are the government industry 
lobbyists. From our energy and production to our college loans, nothing 
is out of bounds. And Americans sent a clear message last November. 
They are tired of corruption. They want a change and an end to business 
as usual here in Washington. Democrats got the message, and we're 
restoring accountability to the American people's government.

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