WASHINGTON, D.C. --National Legal and Policy Center Chairman Ken Boehm had the following statement regarding today's meeting of the House Education and Workforce Committee on the financial affairs of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

"The Teamsters financial troubles stem from their excess spending on partisan politics.  The Teamsters should get out of partisan politics and adhere to a mission of protecting their workers interest."

"It is a disgrace that the Teamsters have been playing politics while the interest of their workers goes down the drain."

"Ron Carey and his scandal-ridden Teamsters administration are an embarrassment to union democracy.  Innocent, rank-and-file Teamsters deserve an election free from Carey-style corruption.

NLPC is a nonprofit, nonpartisan foundation promoting ethics and accountability in government.  NLPC was a plaintiff in the lawsuit which succeeded in opening the records of Hillary Rodham Clinton's Health Care Task Force.  NLPC's Organized Labor Accountability Project is investigating and exposing corruption in the Teamsters, Laborers' International Union of North American, AFL-CIO and other labor organizations.

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The National Legal and Policy Center has produced a chart detailing the complex network of the fundraising schemes employed by the Carey campaign.  For a copy of the chart or for an interview to facilitate your coverage, please contact Dan Rene at (703)847-3088 or drene@nlpc.org.

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