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	Press Releases November 05, 2003   LIEBERMAN CALLS ON HALLIBURTON TO REFUND AMERICAN TAXPAYERS Army Corps of Engineers May Rescind Oil Industry Reconstruction Contract Because of Oil Importation Overcharges   WASHINGTON – Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., Wednesday called for reimbursement to the American taxpayer of overcharges made by Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root in its importation of fuel into Iraq. In a letter to the Army Corps of Engineers, Reps. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and John Dingell, D-Mich., revealed that the Corps is considering terminating Halliburton’s oil importation responsibilities because of overcharges. The letter also disclosed that the Department of Defense Energy Support Center is currently importing fuel into Iraq for less than half the price Halliburton is charging. “I hope this disclosure means the Bush administration has finally learned what many of us in Congress have said from the beginning - that no-bid, sole-source contracts often lead to waste and abuse,” Lieberman said. “And while I hope that the Department of Defense finally does the right thing by ending Halliburton’s responsibility for importing fuel into Iraq, it's outrageous that it took a Congressional investigation and bad publicity for the Department to reconsider the sky-high prices it's been paying. “This contract has already wasted millions of taxpayers' dollars. It's imperative that the Department of Defense seek reimbursement from Halliburton for the amounts it has overcharged the United States government. At a time of soaring federal deficits, we can ill afford to line the pockets of well-connected corporations at the expense of the American taxpayer.” Since April, Lieberman has been critical of non-competitive contracts that have been awarded for the reconstruction of Iraq. He requested and helped obtain a U.S. Agency for International Development Inspector General investigation of that agency’s limited-bid contracts. And the Senate approved legislation, which Lieberman co-sponsored, that would have required federal agencies to publicly justify any Iraqi reconstruction contract awarded without an open and competitive bidding process.   ###   Printable Version   « previous Press Release next Press Release »   1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 November 2003 Press Releases October   |  December   --   2002   |  2004     November 25 - Waxman, Dingell, Lieberman Seek Investigations of Halliburton Gasoline Importations to Iraq   November 20 - Lieberman Troubled By “Unreasonable” White House Limits On 9/11 Commission Access To Key Documents   November 20 - Lieberman Calls August Blackout "Entirely Avoidable"   November 19 - Lieberman Urges Stronger Measure to Restore Investor Confidence in Mutual Funds   November 18 - Lieberman Says Tax Shelters Must Have Economic Substance To Deter Industry Built Around Tax Evasion   November 18 - Lieberman Supports Amendment Outlawing Senior Discount   November 13 - Lieberman Applauds Dodd/Corzine Plan   November 13 - NPS Employees Say Parks Are In Danger   November 13 - Iron Curtain Of Secrecy Around White House Must Be Raised   November 12 - Administration Fails To Certify Labs Using Anthrax, Smallpox   November 11 - Federal Poverty Calculations Mask True Economic Status of Most Vulnerable Citizens   November 7 - Lieberman, Durbin Press OIRA On Openness, Accountability   November 6 - Lieberman Says NYSE Cannot Regulate Itself   November 5 current Press Release   November 5 - Lieberman: Mutual Fund Reform Bill is Important Step Toward Restoring Integrity to Embattled Industry   November 4 - Leading Senators Pressure President to Provide Key Documents Condemn White House's "Poor Record of Cooperation"   November 3 - Lieberman Demands Report on Simulation of Terorist Attack Analysis Details Shortcomings of Government Response   November 3 - Congress Votes to Name Hartford Post Office After Former US Rep Barbara B. Kennelly   November 3 - Lieberman Strafes SEC for Lax Oversight of Mutual Funds Middle Class Investors' Trust Abused all Over Again
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