Stevens and the Need for Government Oversight
October 29th, 2008
The Project On Government Oversight was a little ahead of the times when in December, 2003 we called for Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) to resign from the Senate. POGO acted after an expose by the Los Angeles Times revealed a long list of financial benefits that Senator Ted Stevens and his family members had received because of his power as Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee. He is the only Member of Congress to earn this distinction from POGO. We take no cheer from this but fervently hope his conviction this week on multiple corruption charges will hasten his departure from the Senate. Senator Steven’s stunning arrogance and malfeasance have finally brought him to justice.
In the future, we hope both the Executive and Congressional branches of government will be filled with people who are inspired to public service rather than seeing their federal jobs as personal enrichment opportunities.
Read POGO’s recommendations to Presidential Transition Teams.
- Marthena Cowart, POGO Director of Communications
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