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Groups, spoken at institutions from the brookings institute to other organizations about this. money now is going towards the personal interests of politicians who seek to be elected. they want photo events. they get no benefit from fixing the underside of a bridge that's capable of falling down. that was the lesson that we learned in minnesota with the i-35-w bridge. for $18 million, they had a chance to fix that bridge and they called it a budget buster. and our nation then after it collapsed and killed 13 people and injured 145 then spent over $135 million on a new bridge. and we continue t...

Get us back on the right track. >> to make this tax reform package pass, you and republicans in the senate and any democrat that wants to cooperate, you're going to have to close about $4 trillion in tax loopholes. that is going to cause -- i promise you -- the greatest mass migration from k street to capitol hill that you have seen in your time on capitol hill. and while you may disagree with some of the things bob corker has said, i don't, but you may. the one thing that bob corker says that you should agree with is that that's going to make tax reform every bit as tough as passing health ca...

Steve: nothing seems to fire you up like "swamp watch." on white collared crime: fran said: >> and response to our segment on hospitals, linda love says: >> many of you had great suggestions for upcoming "swamp watch" topics. just found your show, i love it, please look into tax loopholes in pension plans, and kathy sent in can you look at aarp. they are lobbyist groups, great

Steve: nothing seems to fire you up like "swamp watch." on white collared crime: fran said: >> and response to our segment on hospitals, linda love says: >> many of you had great suggestions for upcoming "swamp watch" topics. just found your show, i love it, please look into tax loopholes in pension plans, and kathy sent in can you look at aarp. they are lobbyist groups, great

That public search unearthed some 2013 exchanges with lobbyist groups in the oil industry and fossil fuels industries and petroleum industry. they see that as a big problem. did you not tell the truth in your senate testimony, sir? >> martha, we provided all the information with respect to the advocacy that i engaged in as an attorney general, the state's interest. that issue was about fracturing, and the regulatory regime that oklahoma has in respect to that issue. you had steps being taken by federal agencies who were trying to displace that. it was not on behalf of a company, not on behalf ...