Mick Mulvaney, Trump’s Budget Director, Admits He Spoke Only To Lobbyists Who Paid Him
Mulvaney, former congressman in South Carolina from 2011 to 2017 said “We had a hierarchy in my office in Congress,” to the American Bankers Association conference in Washington, according to The New York Times. “If you’re a lobbyist who never gave us money, I didn’t talk to you. If you’re a lobbyist who gave us money, I might talk to you.” Mulvaney collected $63,000 from loan sharking PayDay Lenders. Since being named acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau last year (in addition to running the Office of Management and Budget), he has eased regulations on payday lenders. Meanwhile a candidate for the West Virginia House of Delegates was dragged out of a hearing after listing the donations received by state lawmakers from fossil fuel companies. She was testifying on a bill on oil and gas drilling rules.