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Release| For Immediate Release:
January 11, 2002 |
Contact: Craig McDonald or Andrew Wheat
512-472-9770 |
Beware White House's Enron Whitewash:
Despite President's Denials, Enron & Lay Were Early Backers of Bush
Enron PAC & Executives Gave $146,500 to Gubernatorial Campaign
In fact, in an interview with PBS’s "Frontline" taped on March 27, 2001, Lay said, “When Governor Bush, now President Bush, decided to run for the governor’s spot, [there was] a little difficult situation. I’d worked very closely with Ann Richards also, the four years she was governor. But I was very close to George W. and had a lot of respect for him, had watched him over the years, particularly with reference to dealing with his father when his father was in the White House and some of the things he did to work for his father, and so did support him.”
Mr. Lay and Enron's PAC were early donors to Bush’s 1994 race, contributing $30,000 to Bush's gubernatorial committee as early as November 1993. All told, Enron's PAC and executives contributed $146,500 to Bush's first gubernatorial war chest in 1993 and 1994.
"President Bush's explanation of his relationship to Enron is at best a half truth,” said Craig McDonald, Director of Texans for Public Justice. “He was in bed with Enron before he ever held a political office."
Total Enron Money To Bush’s 1994 Gubernatorial Campaign Committee:
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Contributions from Ken and Linda Lay…….….
Contributions from the Enron PAC …………... Contributions from Other Enron Executives....... Total……
|
$47,500
$20,000 $79,000 $146,500 |
Total Enron Money To Ann Richards’ 1994 Gubernatorial Campaign Committee:
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Contributions from Ken and Linda Lay…….….
Contributions from the Enron PAC …………... Contributions from Other Enron Executives....... Total……
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$12,500
$5,000 $2,000 $19,500 |
Total Enron Money to Bush’s 1998 Gubernatorial Campaign = $166,000.
Total Enron Money to Bush’s two Gubernatorial Campaigns combined = $312,500.
| First Name | Middle
Name |
Last Name | Employer | Occupation | Amount | Date |
| Thomas | E. | White | Enron Corp. | Chairman / CEO |
$1,000
|
12/6/94
|
| Robert | C. | Kelly | Enron Corp | Co-chairman |
$1,000
|
12/2/94
|
| Linda | P | Lay | Enron Corp. | homemaker |
$10,000
|
12/1/94
|
| Forrest | E. | Hoglund | Enron Oil & Gas | Chair |
$10,000
|
12/1/94
|
| PAC | Enron PAC | Enron PAC |
$10,000
|
11/29/94
|
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| Jeffrey | K. | Skilling | Enron Capital & Trade | President & CEO |
$1,000
|
10/5/94
|
| Forrest | E. | Hoglund | Enron Oil & Gas | Chair |
$5,000
|
9/22/94
|
| Linda | P | Lay | Enron Corp. | homemaker |
$12,500
|
9/15/94
|
| David | Haug | Enron Corp. | Managing Director |
$1,000
|
8/5/94
|
|
| Walter | C. | Wilson | Enron Oil & Gas Co. | Executive |
$1,000
|
3/14/94
|
| Enron PAC | Enron PAC |
$5,000
|
3/14/94
|
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| G. | E. | Uthlaut | Enron Oil & Gas | Vice President |
$2,000
|
3/14/94
|
| Mark | G. | Papa | Enron Oil and Gas | President and COO |
$2,000
|
3/14/94
|
| Alberto | Gude | Enron Corp | Vice President for Information Systems |
$2,000
|
3/14/94
|
|
| James | G. | Barnhart | Enron Corp. | Administrator |
$2,000
|
3/4/94
|
| Rebecca | P. | Mark | Enron International | chairman and ceo |
$2,000
|
2/18/94
|
| Robert | J. | Hermann | Enron Corporation | Executive |
$2,000
|
2/17/94
|
| Stanley | C. | Horton | Enron Gas Pipeline Group | Chair |
$1,000
|
2/17/94
|
| James | S. | Prentice | Enron Corporation | Engineer |
$2,000
|
2/17/94
|
| Thad | T. | Hutcheson | Enron Oil and Gas Corp. |
$1,000
|
1/19/94
|
|
| James | Vinson | Derrick | Enron Corp. | Senior Vice President & General Counsel |
$5,000
|
12/29/93
|
| Thomas | E. | White | Enron Corp. | Chairman / CEO |
$5,000
|
12/29/93
|
| Jeffrey | K. | Skilling | Enron Capital & Trade | President & CEO |
$5,000
|
12/29/93
|
| Robert | C. | Kelly | Enron Corp | Co-chairman |
$2,000
|
12/29/93
|
| E. | P. | Segner | Enron Corp | VP |
$5,000
|
12/22/93
|
| Rodney | L. | Gray | Enron Global Power & Pipelines | Chair; President; CEO |
$5,000
|
12/22/93
|
| Jack | Tompkins | Enron Corp. | Senior Vice President |
$5,000
|
12/22/93
|
|
| Kenneth | Lay | Enron Corp. | CEO; President |
$20,000
|
12/20/93
|
|
| J. | Michael | Muckleroy | Enron |
$1,000
|
12/14/93
|
|
| Forrest | E. | Hoglund | Enron Oil & Gas | Chair |
$5,000
|
11/4/93
|
| Kenneth | Lay | Enron Corp. | CEO; President |
$5,000
|
11/1/93
|
|
| Edward | Gaylord | Enron Corp. | executive |
$5,000
|
11/1/93
|
|
| Enron PAC | Enron PAC |
$5,000
|
10/29/93
|
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