Politics

Chairman Miller Cites Contempt Case to Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

By Jesse Lee

From the Education and Labor Committee:

Bush Administration Snubs Another Congressional Committee Subpoena
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation declines production of long overdue report of agency?s management and governance practices

WASHINGTON ? U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, today demanded that Charles E.F. Millard, director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, immediately comply with a subpoena served July 16 by turning over documents regarding a report into the agency?s management and governance practices. The U.S. District Court today reaffirmed that the executive branch must comply with congressional subpoenas.

?The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation must comply with our subpoena. The administration?s dismissal of a legally enforceable congressional subpoena is completely unacceptable,? said Miller. ?As the U.S. District Court affirmed just today, executive branch officials must fully comply with congressional subpoenas and provide all non-privileged documents. I take seriously our committee?s constitutional mandate to investigate matters subject to our legislative jurisdiction and expect the agency to cease its lawless intransigence.?

The U.S. District Court today ordered Harriet Miers and Joshua Bolten to comply with a Congressional subpoena.

The PBGC contracted an outside review of the agency?s practices after the U.S. Government Accountably Office report highlighted several deficiencies at PBGC. The subpoena ordered the production of documents related to this review.

To view the subpoena, click here.

To read Tuesday?s response from the PBGC, click here.

Read the full letter from Chairman Miller: (more…)

Full post as published by The Gavel on July 31, 2008 (boomark / email).