[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14582]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 HALLIBURTON AND VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY

  (Mr. STRICKLAND asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STRICKLAND. Mr. Speaker, a recent editorial in the Columbus Ohio 
Dispatch reads thusly: ``The steady stream of revelations of colossal 
waste, mismanagement, and possible corruption by Halliburton and other 
U.S. contractors in Iraq demands an immediate and thorough 
investigation. At the same time, Vice President Dick Cheney should be 
forthcoming with the House Committee on Government Reform.''
  Among the accusations, a former logistics specialist said that 
Halliburton housed employees at $10,000 per day, a five-star hotel in 
Kuwait. A woman who handled subcontracts said the company paid $100 per 
bag for laundry service. A former employee said that Halliburton 
ordered that spare parts be removed from $85,000 trucks; if they got a 
flat tire, just burn the vehicle. These reports come on top of the fact 
that when one contract for Halliburton to provide meals was cancelled, 
the cost of food service decreased by 40 percent.
  Halliburton and Cheney owe the American people answers about how our 
tax dollars are being spent.

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