The 22 most corrupt members of Congress
Sen. Pete V. Domenici (R-NM)
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK)
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA)
Rep. John T. Doolittle (R-CA)
Rep. Tom Feeney (R-FL)
Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA)
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA)
Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-LA)
Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA)
Rep. Gary G. Miller (R-CA)
Rep. Alan B. Mollohan (D-WV)
Rep. Timothy F. Murphy (R-PA)
Rep. John P. Murtha (D-PA)
Rep. Steve Pearce (R-NM)
Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ)
Rep. Harold Rogers (R-KY)
Rep. David Scott (D-GA)
Rep. Jerry Weller (R-IL)
Rep. Heather A. Wilson (R-NM)
Rep. Don Young (R-AK)
Dishonorable mentions
Sen. Larry E. Craig (R-ID)
Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)
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Rep. Harold Rogers (R-KY)
Rep. Harold Rogers (R-KY) is a 14th-term member of Congress representing Kentucky’s fifth congressional district. Rep. Rogers is the ranking member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security and its former chair, where he was responsible for the $41.1 billion Department of Homeland Security (DHS) budget. Rep. Rogers’ ethics issues stem from misuse of his position to steer millions of dollars in earmarks to campaign contributors, including a company that employs his son. A newspaper in his district, The Lexington Herald-Leader, has called Rep. Rogers the “Prince of Pork.”
NucSafe Inc.
NucSafe Inc. specializes in radiation detection technology, primarily for use in airports. In 2001, NucSafe executives met with Rep. Rogers, his staff and representatives of a local development group that Rep. Rogers co-founded. Two years later, the company relocated its manufacturing operations to Corbin, Kentucky, in Rep. Rogers’ district. Between 2004 and 2005, NucSafe executives gave $11,200 to Rep. Rogers’ reelection campaign committee and his leadership PAC. In 2005, NucSafe was awarded a $1.8 million grant from a DHS agency.
Accenture and Raytheon
Accenture LLP is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. In May 2004, DHS awarded Accenture a five-year contract worth potentially $10 billion to support the troubled and costly Smart Border Alliance US-VISIT Program. In September 2004, Accenture subcontracted the program to three companies, including Raytheon Company. Raytheon specializes in military and homeland security technology. Between 2003 and 2005, Raytheon and Accenture donated $31,000 to HALPAC.
Identification Card Industry
Since 1998, Rep. Rogers has been involved in efforts to bring to his district companies involved in producing the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (“TWIC”). Toward that end, he has inserted language in appropriations bills requiring the cards to be produced in Corbin, Kentucky, using technology also located there. Rep. Rogers has repeatedly threatened to halt legislation on TWIC programs unless the program is instituted in his district. Executives at three other companies involved in the testing of the identification cards in Corbin: LaserCard Systems, Maximus and Shenandoah Electronic Intelligence -- collectively donated $20,500 to HALPAC between 2002 and 2004.
John Rogers
In 2004, a Virginia-based company, BearingPoint, selected Senture, a call-center service provider, to set up a call-center for a test of a prototype transportation worker card. Just before the contract was awarded Senture hired Rep. Rogers’ son John as a computer systems administrator. Then in 2003, Senture won an unrelated $4 million contract with DHS to field calls from truckers. Between 2002 and 2005, officials from Senture, BearingPoint and its lobbyist, Van Scoyoc, donated $41,989 to Rep. Rogers’s campaign committee and PAC.
If, as it appears, Rep. Rogers accepted donations to his campaign and political action committees in exchange for earmarks, he may have violated the bribery statute or received illegal gratuities.
In addition, by funneling federal funds to Senture, which employed his son, Rep. Rogers may have dispensed special favors and violated House ethics rules.
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