[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12578]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         BUSH DISCOVERS IMPORTANCE OF CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY

  (Mr. DOGGETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, like a preacher welcoming every convert to 
the fold, we welcome all converts, no matter how belated their interest 
in controlling corporate corruption.
  To date, this Administration's ``See no evil, hear no evil'' approach 
has produced and condoned a steady stream of corporate misconduct in 
this country. So long as more special-interest lobbyists are appointed 
to fill key regulatory roles and the Administration continues to 
conspire with House Republicans to undermine every genuine reform that 
is proposed, the President's newly professed concern amounts to little 
more than a fresh coat of paint on rotten wood, very rotten wood.
  The American people can see right through the thin paint and see the 
damage that is caused to retirement savings, to investors' earnings, 
and to taxpayers that are cheated by corporations that use accounting 
tricks to avoid paying their fair share.
  Our patience has been exploited and our trust has been taxed by the 
culpable inaction, indifference, and complacency of this Administration 
and its House Republican allies.

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