2010 western regional conference in las vegas? ? mr. children on the advice of my counsel, i decline to answer based on my constitutional privilege. did you approve the funding for the 2010 western regional conference? mr. chairman, on the advice of my koup, i respectfully decline to answer based upon my fifth amendment constitutional privilege. nbc correspondent kelly o donnell joins us live. people were expecting fire work. we ve heard already at least one apology. several already. and there is a lot of tension here. the anger that is being directed at some of the people who may have responsibility for this vast misuse of taxpayer money are on the hot seat. one of those people is martha johnson. she had been in charge of the agency. not at the time when the conference occurred but for enough time, some of the lawmakers believe, to really think she might have done more to try to unearth this. also, questions about approval for bonuses of some of the
self-aware layer we constantly have and for lack of a better word have fun. all the pretty girls on a saturday night fun. thank you, guys. if you want to see my interview, go to my blog and send me a tweet @brookbcnn. government workers spent your money. they even made videos about spending your money. the deputy commissioner of the gsa is not going to talk. here he is, taking the fit in a dramatic exchange just in the past hour on capitol hill. i decline to answer based on my fifth amendment constitutional privilege. did you attend the conference in las vegas? i respectdly decline to answer based upon my fifth constitutional fridge. mr. neely, did you approve the funding for the 2010 western regional conference? mr. chairman, on the advice of my counsel, i respectfully decline to answer based upon my fifth amendment constitutional privilege. just a few more. mr. neely, what was the original budget for that conference? mr. chairman, on the advice of my c
but i will be willing to do everything in my power, to help this community like i always do. he had come under criticism in the miami community for his castro comments. the marlins new ballpark is in pl little havana. president obama is on his way to florida, an economic speech on the so-called buffett rule. he is expected to talk about how it will make for a fairer tax code and how the rich will find it harder to find loopholes. former president, george w. bush, says the buffett rule is a bad idea. he spoke at a bush institution economic forum in new york. he said increased taxes on the very rich are an attack on job creators. i wish they weren t called the bush tax cuts. if they were called somebody other body s tax cuts, they are probably less likely to be raised. if you raise taxes, you are taking money out of the pockets of consumers. it is important for policy makers to recognize all the data about taxes causes capital to stay on the sidelines. the bush tax cu
and others. called to the carpet for blowing 800,000 bucks on clowns, mind readers and mock videos. he had only one thing to say over and over again. mr. chairman on the advice of counsel i respectfully decline to answer based on my constitutional privilege. did you attend the 2010 western regional conference in las vegas? mr. chairman on the advice of my counsel i respectfully decline to answer, i respectfully decline to answer. gregg: i respectfully to decline to answer. mr. neally are you prepared to answer any questions about your participation in the 2010 western regional conference. mr. chairman i respectfully decline to answer any questions here today based on my fifth amendment constitutional privilege. martha: can you believe that? not even his title or whether or not he was actually at the event there are some pictures of him drinking wine at said
despite the $16 trillion federal debt. as we have been reporting, government waste has reached end proportions. this man 57-year-old jeffrey neeley the acting commissioner of the general services administration specific rim region may have taken 131 trips worth more than $100,000 on the taxpayer dime. neeley was also behind the outrageous $823,000 las vegas junket. did you attend the 2010 western regional conference in las vegas? mr. chairman, on the advice of my counsel, i respectfully decline to answer based on my fifth amendment constitutional privilege. what a weasel. here he is, mr. weasel, in a vegas hotel room using a hot tub with a champagne chaser or two. and we pay for this. ah. i would be smiling, too huh, jeff? neeley also took trips to hawaii and south pacific.