HERE'S YOUR FUTURE IF THE AKAKA BILL PASSES
Akaka Bill Would Bring Interior Department Nightmares
WASHINGTON — As Congress prepared to debate expansion of drilling in taxpayer-owned coastal waters last fall, the Interior Department agency that collects oil and gas royalties was revealed to be caught up in a wide-ranging ethics scandal — including allegations of financial self-dealing, accepting gifts from energy companies, cocaine use and sexual misconduct.
This is the very same US federal agency that would administer federal recognition on Hawaiians should the Akaka bill pass.
