Do As I Say Not As I Do: A Look at the Steroid Hearing

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In 1994, his son was arrested while transporting eight pounds of marijuana from Louisiana to Indiana.  Five months later police raided his son's apartment where he was found with a shotgun and to be growing 30 marijuana plants. 

The mandatory minimum sentence was five years in prison just for the gun, plus up to three years in prison under state law for all the marijuana.  Charges were, of course, dismissed. 

Burton was a "celebrity player" in the Bob Hope Classic in Palm Springs, Calif., where participants received free airline flights, meals and lodging, played in the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am (Burton had become the chairman of the House Committee Government Reform and Oversight, which was scheduled to soon award at least $5 billion in long-distance and local telephone and telecommunications contracts with the federal government.), and Burton and two aides flew to the island of Guam, which was paid for by the Guam government. 

In January 2007, the House passed a measure by a vote of 430-1 that banned members from accepting gifts and free trips from lobbyists.  Burton cast the sole nay vote. 

And if that wasn't enough, in March of 1995, during congressinional hearings on the U.S. War on Drugs, Burton said the U.S. military "should place an aircract carrier off the coast of Bolivia and crop dust the coca fields."

Bolivia is landlocked and has no coast.  Bolivian coca fields are blocked by something called the peaks of the Andes and F-18s cannot crop dust.  This derailed the War On Drugs and sparked major anti-American backfire in Bolivia.

Rep. Tom Lantos

On May 3, 2000, Lantos was involved in an automobile accident while driving on Capitol Hill. Lantos drove over a young boy's foot and then failed to stop his vehicle. He was later fined over the incident for inattentive driving.

In June 2007, Lantos called former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder a "political prostitute" at the dedication ceremony of the Victims of Communism Memorial. 

In October 2007, Lantos said, "Europse was not as outraged by Auschwitz as by Guantanamo Bay."

He should probably find some kind of steroid for his mouth. 

Rep. William Lacy Clay

As a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, he refused the inclusion of white Congressman Steve Cohen from Tennessee saying, "Mr. Cohen asked for admission, and he got his answer. He's white and the Caucus is black—it's an unwritten rule.  It's understood."

In 2006, the law office of Michelle Clay, William's sister, received $51,800 in consulting fees from her brother's campaign funds, along with an additional $9,963 for reimbursments. 

In the 2004 election cycle, Michelle Clay's firm received $52,514 for consulting, and in 2002 Michelle Clay herself was paid $32,000 for campaign management and legal fees.  Clay's 2004 campaign reimbursed his father more than $6,000 for book purchases. 

Clay voted against the financial bailout in September of 2008.

Rep. John Sweeney

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