Representative RICHARD POMBO (Republican, California): I don't believe that there is a so-called culture of corruption.
"We've tried to bring in the competing interests and bring in a balanced plan, " Pombo said.
They claim the Pombo bill is catering to timber interests, mining interests, power companies and big agribusiness.
Pombo received donations from Abramoff and his clients, and says he's now given an equal amount to charity.
NRDC, form the Endangered Species Coalition (set up to see off Mr Pombo).
In California, Resources Committee chair Richard Pombo had taken campaign money from Abramoff's network and worked to help Abramoff's clients.
But it is hard to imagine Mr Bush, the dread Mr Pombo or even the head of Exxon-Mobil disagreeing with such aims.
Hayworth, Richard Pombo, Sue Kelly, Nancy Johnson, Tom DeLay and Mark Foley.
Republican Richard Pombo of California inserted sensitive information about an investigation of Texas millionaire Charles Hurwitz into the Congressional Record, allegedly to protect Hurwitz's Pacific Lumber Company and its interests.
One of Pombo's main projects in that job has been to rewrite the Endangered Species Act in a way that would aid companies like Pacific Lumber, environmental activists say, at the expense of threatened species.
Hurwitz, long at war with anti-logging activists, has been a major contributor to the political action committees run by former leader DeLay (who helped vault Pombo over several more senior Republicans, installing him as chairman of the House Resources Committee).
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