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4th March 2003, 05:23 PM
Janet Rehnquist, the daughter of Chief Justice William Rehnquist (A Nixon appointee that Nixon once referred to as "Renchberg, or whatever that clown's name is-ed.), will resign as inspector general of the Health and Human Services Department after a controversial tenure, congressional sources said Tuesday.
Congress is investigating Rehnquist's work as internal watchdog of the agency, including her decision to delay an audit of Florida's pension fund at the request of Gov. Jeb Bush's office. Investigators also are looking at whether she forced out several top career staff members.
Her management also is under review by the Integrity Committee of the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency, a peer group of inspectors general. Rehnquist's job is to investigate fraud, waste and abuse at HHS, including Medicare fraud.
She reportedly said in her resignation letter that she wanted to spend more time with her family.
Rehnquist was appointed by President Bush in August 2001. The position is considered nonpartisan.
Investigators on the Senate Finance Committee have said they have heard about questionable practices from dozens of people who work for the HHS inspector general's office.
Specifically, congressional aides said they have heard from credible sources that Rehnquist had in her office an unloaded, service-issued 9 mm handgun, even though she is not licensed to carry it, as well as a poster of a target.
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The issue (delaying the audit of Florida's pension fund-ed.) may have been politically perilous for Bush, the president's brother. The Florida Board of Administration, which runs the pension fund, has been under scrutiny because it invested and lost $300 million in the bankrupt energy company Enron. The federal audit focused on whether the state properly accounted for U.S. contributions to the pension program.
http://start.earthlink.net/newsarticle?cat=9&aid=D7PIJD6O0_story
Everyone please read the last paragraph carefully.
Investing other people's money in a corrupt orgaization that was the largest contributor to your brother's campaign.
I guess its not as bad as it sounds.
Guess there's really two topics here. Wacky Janet and Jivin Jeb.
Congress is investigating Rehnquist's work as internal watchdog of the agency, including her decision to delay an audit of Florida's pension fund at the request of Gov. Jeb Bush's office. Investigators also are looking at whether she forced out several top career staff members.
Her management also is under review by the Integrity Committee of the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency, a peer group of inspectors general. Rehnquist's job is to investigate fraud, waste and abuse at HHS, including Medicare fraud.
She reportedly said in her resignation letter that she wanted to spend more time with her family.
Rehnquist was appointed by President Bush in August 2001. The position is considered nonpartisan.
Investigators on the Senate Finance Committee have said they have heard about questionable practices from dozens of people who work for the HHS inspector general's office.
Specifically, congressional aides said they have heard from credible sources that Rehnquist had in her office an unloaded, service-issued 9 mm handgun, even though she is not licensed to carry it, as well as a poster of a target.
...
The issue (delaying the audit of Florida's pension fund-ed.) may have been politically perilous for Bush, the president's brother. The Florida Board of Administration, which runs the pension fund, has been under scrutiny because it invested and lost $300 million in the bankrupt energy company Enron. The federal audit focused on whether the state properly accounted for U.S. contributions to the pension program.
http://start.earthlink.net/newsarticle?cat=9&aid=D7PIJD6O0_story
Everyone please read the last paragraph carefully.
Investing other people's money in a corrupt orgaization that was the largest contributor to your brother's campaign.
I guess its not as bad as it sounds.
Guess there's really two topics here. Wacky Janet and Jivin Jeb.