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Congress.gov biography:
POMBO, Richard William, a Representative
from California; born in Tracy, San Joaquin County, Calif., January 8,
1961; attended California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Calif.,
1979-1982; farmer; rancher; co-founder, San Joaquin County Citizens Land
Alliance; member of the Tracy, Calif., city council, 1991-1992; elected
as a Republican to the One Hundred Third and to the six succeeding Congresses
(January 3, 1993-present); chair, Committee on Resources (One Hundred Eighth
and One Hundred Ninth Congress).
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Richard
Pombo
RICHARD POMBO News:
20061011
-
 Abramoff
- Pombo
-  Money
-  Lawmakers
-  History
-  US
-  Northern
Mariana Islands -  Garment
-  Labor
-  California
- "AP
Exclusive: Records suggest Abramoff, Pombo lobbying contacts."
... "California [Republican] Rep. Richard Pombo has insisted he was never
lobbied by [Republican lobbyist] Jack Abramoff. Records show the disgraced
lobbyist billed a client for at least two contacts with Pombo a decade
ago." ... "The lobbying records released by the Northern Mariana Islands
show that Abramoff billed once for calls to Pombo, chairman of the House
Resources Committee, and a second time for a discussion with him, while
lobbying in 1996." ... "On more than two dozen other occasions from 1996
through 2001, Abramoff associates called or met with members of Pombo's
staff, including his chief of staff, the records indicate. As the contacts
picked up, Pombo voted Abramoff's way on a bill important to Abramoff's
clients." ... "The Northern Mariana Islands, a chain of 14 islands near
Guam, became a U.S. commonwealth in 1986. Residents have nonvoting citizenship
but the islands are exempt from many federal labor laws." ... "Democrats,
complaining about reported abuses at low-paying garment factories, have
sought to end those exemptions and increase the minimum wage, now $3.05
an hour. The Marianas government hired Abramoff to block such moves." ...
"On Sept. 10, 1996, Abramoff billed for a discussion with Pombo. Two days
later he gave Pombo a $500 donation, the first of what would become $7,500
in campaign contributions. Pombo has since donated the money to charity.
On Nov. 21, 1996, Abramoff reported putting in calls to Pombo and other
lawmakers." -By Erica Werner
-AP via -MercuryNews
20060214
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Abramoff
- Pombo
-
 DeLay
-  Texas
- California
- Animal
-  Environmental
- Legislation
- Money
- "Foe
of Endangered Species Act on Defensive Over Abramoff."
... "After finally getting a bill through the House last fall that would
eliminate habitat protections on more than 150 million acres, [California
Republican Richard] Pombo has never been closer to reaching his goal. But
as the Senate prepares to take up his measure this year, Pombo finds himself
on the defensive, with his ideology increasingly viewed as extreme and
his connections to industry and to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff under
scrutiny." ... "Pombo's critics have focused on his campaign's reliance
on donors from industries that stand to benefit from his legislation. Just
months before the mining proposal made it out of Pombo's committee, a former
committee aide who once worked for Abramoff's firm and is now a lobbyist
for mining interests hosted a $1,000-a-head fundraiser for Pombo." ...
"The Times reported earlier this year that Pombo joined forces with former
House Majority Leader [Republican] Tom DeLay of Texas in efforts to squelch
a federal banking investigation of Texas financier Charles Hurwitz. Pombo,
who had previously received a campaign contribution from Hurwitz, has contended
that the investigation was unfounded and abusive." ... "A Massachusetts
tribe and client of Abramoff's that donated $20,000 to Pombo received the
congressman's help seeking federal tribal recognition. Pombo supported
the resumption of commercial whaling while accepting thousands of dollars
in international travel from a private foundation funded by the seafood
industry and a whaling association." ... "According to data compiled by
the Campaign Finance Analysis Project, Pombo has, during his congressional
career, collected more than $800,000 from agriculture, timber and fishing
interests. The building industry has given him $205,000; oil and gas, $169,000;
mining, $55,000; and casinos and gambling, $147,000." ... "Pombo denies
any improprieties and says he has no fear of being tainted by the Abramoff
scandal. "I met the guy a few times. He never lobbied me on anything. Never
set foot in my office." -By Bettina Boxall with contributions
by Maloy Moore -LAtimes
20060108
-
DeLay
-
 Doolittle
- Pombo
-  Government
- Money
- Law
-  Enforcement
- Texas
- California
- "A
Donor Who Had Big Allies: DeLay and two others helped
put the brakes on a federal probe of a businessman. Evidence was published
in the Congressional Record." ... "In a case that echoes the Jack Abramoff
influence-peddling scandal, two Northern California Republican congressmen
used their official positions to try to stop a federal investigation of
a wealthy Texas businessman who provided them with political contributions."
... "Reps. John T. Doolittle [California Republican] and Richard W. Pombo
[California Republican] joined forces with former House Majority Leader
Tom DeLay [Republican] of Texas to oppose an investigation by federal banking
regulators into the affairs of Houston millionaire Charles Hurwitz, documents
recently obtained by The Times show. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
was seeking $300 million from Hurwitz for his role in the collapse of a
Texas savings and loan that cost taxpayers $1.6 billion." ... "The investigation
was ultimately dropped." ... "The effort to help Hurwitz began in 1999
when DeLay wrote a letter to the chairman of the FDIC denouncing the investigation
of Hurwitz as a "form of harassment and deceit on the part of government
employees." When the FDIC persisted, Doolittle and Pombo — both considered
proteges of DeLay — used their power as members of the House Resources
Committee to subpoena the agency's confidential records on the case, including
details of the evidence FDIC investigators had compiled on Hurwitz." ...
"Then, in 2001, the two congressmen inserted many of the sensitive documents
into the Congressional Record, making them public and accessible to Hurwitz's
lawyers, a move that FDIC officials said damaged the government's ability
to pursue the banker." ... "The FDIC's chief spokesman characterized what
Doolittle and Pombo did as "a seamy abuse of the legislative process."
But soon afterward, in 2002, the FDIC dropped its case against Hurwitz,
who had owned a controlling interest in the United Savings Assn. of Texas.
United Savings' failure was one of the worst of the S&L debacles in
the 1980s." (1, 2,
3)
-By Richard A. Serrano and Stephen Braun, with contributions
by Ted Rohrlich -LAtimes
20051215
-
Richard
Pombo
- Abramoff
- Money
- Lawmaker
- California
-
 Massachusetts
- US
- Northern
Mariana Islands - "Miller
presses Pombo to investigate Abramoff." ... "Rep.
George Miller (D-Calif. [Democrat-California]) continues to petition House
Resources Committee Chairman Richard Pombo (R-Calif. [Republican-California])
for an investigation into indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff’s activities
on behalf of the Northern Mariana Islands." ... "Resources has sole jurisdiction
over the Marianas, whose government hired Abramoff in the late 1990s to
lobby Washington on its behalf." ... "Pombo has received more than $35,000
in contributions from Abramoff and Indian tribes he represented, including
$27,000 from the Mashpee Wampanoag of Massachusetts, which received federal
recognition from a bill Pombo passed through the committee in 2004." -By
Elana Schor -HillNews.com
20040503
-
Richard
Pombo
- Government
- Animal
-
 Land
- Law
-  Politics
- California
- "Profile:
Rep. Richard Pombo." ... "Congressman [Richard Pombo,
California Republican] finds fault with federal environmental rules." ...
"He chairs the House Resources Committee, which drafts many of the nation's
most important environmental laws and oversees 700 million acres of public
land. The budgets of the Forest Service, the National Park Service and
other land management agencies must be vetted by his panel. In Washington,
he's as powerful a player on environmental issues as the Interior Secretary
or the Environmental Protection Agency administrator." ... "Last week,
his committee began the first of several hearings on proposed changes to
the Endangered Species Act. For the last 12 years, Pombo has been on a
mission to rewrite the law, which he argues saves few species and tramples
on the rights of farmers, ranchers and other landowners." ... "Pombo's
selection as Resources Committee chairman last year frightened the nation's
largest environmental groups, which have long clashed with the congressman.
Now those groups are gearing up to challenge Pombo and block his effort
to rewrite the Endangered Species Act." ... ""He doesn't believe in the
Endangered Species Act," said Carl Pope, executive director of the Sierra
Club. "He doesn't believe we should protect our wildlife heritage."" -By
Zachary Coile -SFGate.com
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