The editors of National Review Online rightly focus on the disgraceful behavior of Rep. Harold Rogers of Kentucky, chairman of the Homeland Security appropriations committee.
Private companies have courted his favor with political donations, golf excursions, and exotic vacations, and he in turn has channeled millions of taxpayer dollars in their direction. . . The power of lawmakers to direct public funds to private recipients with little oversight is a great facilitator of corruption. If anyone wonders why many conservatives recoil in disgust from the current Congress, look no further than Chairman Rogers.
Read the article for details. It should give you a stomach ache and make your blood boil.