March 2, 2010
McHenry takes money from Toyota, now “judging” Toyota
During the recent Toyota debacle in House Oversight Committee, several of the committee members were like foxes guarding the hen house. According to the Washington Post, Several lawmakers on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which is holding a hearing Wednesday on the Toyota recalls, have Toyota factories and offices in their states or even their districts- which has potentially led them to defend Toyota’s blatant endangering of lives. Who is one of those Congressmen? Patrick McHenry.
Patrick McHenry has taken money from a local Toyota dealer and now is sitting in “judgment” of Toyota’s issues. Of course, McHenry has not taken himself off of the staff, nor has he mentioned it at all- he’s perfectly happy to take Toyota money and to possibly protect Toyota or condemn it, pretending to actually care. Basically, McHenry has directly profited off of Toyota’s endangering of consumers, and now he’s in charge of “punishing” them- if he will at all. Sounds like a conflict of interest to me.