Oil rig owner brings in lobbyists

Source: Big News Network

Transocean, the Swiss-based company which is appearing before US Senate and House of Representatives oversight committees, has hired a new lobbyist.

The company which is answering for the leaking BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has hired the new lobby firm to represent its interests on environmental, natural resources and energy issues.

The Capitol Hill Consulting Group, chaired by former Representative Bill Brewster of Oklahoma, is advising the company on how to handle the oil spill disaster, which has already involved BP and Halliburton.

It is believed Transocean has not been a prominent spender on lobbyists until now.

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Lobbyists passing out money on Capital hill got us into this mess.. so they are back for more? WTF?

Business as usual.. but the problem with this emergency.. is that this spill is way more than "business-as-usual".

They seem to be pretty hard to find these days! I think the whole country is fed up with what is going on in D.C., and come election time it may be tough for some to get re-elected, no matter what party they are in.

and get their pictures all over the press...but I guess we would need a MSM to care first.

While in Congress, Brewster served on various committees, including Public Works and Transportation, Veterans' Affairs, Ways and Means, and Transportation and Infrastructure. As a center-right Democrat, the congressman early on developed a reputation as one whose vote could be pursued and won. A staunch supporter of business, he often remarked that if legislation hurt business, he would oppose it. The only registered pharmacist in the House, he brought a different perspective to the issue of higher drug prices. This expertise was especially beneficial when he served on the Hospitals and Health Care Subcommittee of the Veterans Affairs Committee. While a member of the Ways and Means Committee, Brewster often differed with the Bill Clinton White House on such issues as the crime bill, health care, and the budget. Perhaps one of his most controversial stands involved gun control. A life member of the National Rifle Association (NRA), Brewster was a strong supporter of Second Amendment rights and had a 100 percent NRA voting record. As the co-chair of the Congressional Sportsman's Caucus, the Oklahoman often found himself at odds with environmental and animal rights activists, he believed wanted to end "consumptive" use of wildlife.

In 1996 Brewster decided not to seek a fourth congressional term. Shortly after he left Congress, he joined R. Duffy Wall and Associates, a Washington, D.C., lobbying firm. In 2001 he served as president and chief operating officer of this firm.

http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/B/BR013.html

people sneer at how easy it is to bribe officials in poor countries, and how "backward" and "uncivilized."

since we're rocketing toward third-world status and became corrupt long ago, it's no shock.

and the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal are- as more evidence than anyone can pile up would show, offered to the highest bidder- lacking even the slightest bit of shame- or any sort of conscience.

If I were the go to guy for a foul and abusive company- I'd not only bribe the Senators and Representatives, but would look to and count on these guys:

Donald Graham (the sleazy owner of the Post)



and Rupert Murdoch:



to give me cover- as I KNOW full well they will.