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The Enron connection is ONE of the reasons why Bush and Cheney continue to ignore a GAO request for information about the Energy Policy Meetings.
According to the following article, disclosure on this connection is still being requested.
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December 4, 2001
Calif Democrat Asks Cheney To Disclose Enron Mtg Details
Dow Jones Newswires
WASHINGTON (AP)--A Democratic congressman Tuesday urged Vice President Dick Cheney to disclose the details of any meetings between executives of financially stricken Enron Corp. (ENE) and the White House.
Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., said Enron executives who contributed heavily to President George W. Bush's campaign may have exerted "significant influence" on the energy plan formulated by Cheney's task force last spring.
In a dispute that began in April, Cheney has refused to disclose to congressional Democrats the identities of the power industry executives and lobbyists who met with the task force. The panel recommended expanded oil and gas drilling on public land and a rejuvenated nuclear power system.
"In light of Enron's financial failure, you should reconsider your insistence on secrecy," wrote Waxman, the ranking Democrat on the House Government Reform Committee, to the vice president.
"It is appropriate to ask whether Enron communicated to you or others affiliated with your task force information about its precarious financial position," Waxman wrote. "This is especially important since this information was apparently hidden from investors and the public until quite recently."
Waxman said the task force's conclusions "may have been influenced by unreliable data or opinions provided by Enron."
The General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress, has been considering suing the Bush White House in light of its refusal to identify with whom it met on the energy plan.
The White House says meetings of the president and vice president don't require public disclosure.
The energy task force has reported that it had nine meetings and that staffers met with many others to gather data. Environmental groups complained that the Bush White House shut them out of the process.
Enron Chairman and Chief Executive Ken Lay donated $250,000 to the Republican Party during Bush's run for president and raised at least $100,000 for Bush from other donors.
Waxman said that one official on the energy task force, Chief Economic Adviser Lawrence Lindsay, served on an Enron advisory board last year. Lindsay received $50,000 from Enron, according to his financial disclosure form for 2000.
Another top White House official, Karl Rove, owned $68,000 in Enron stock when he spoke to Lay about a prospective appointee to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
During his talk with Rove, Lay touted Pennsylvania utilities regulator Nora Brownell to fill a slot on the energy commission. The White House says Bush had already decided to pick Brownell at the time of Lay's call with Rove.
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