Woolard Statement: Butterfield Return Rangel Money | Eastern NC Now

    I'm angry and the voters in the First Congressional District are angry and rightfully so. We see the arrogance and corruption in Washington, and we don’t like it. We are especially upset that Rep. G. K. Butterfield, has violated the spirit of the Congressional Ethics Committee while he is a serving member of that body.

    Charlie Rangel, who has served in Congress for 40 years, was charged with numerous ethics violations. It has taken the Ethics Committee two years of investigation to even admit that there might be sufficient evidence to bring charges against Rep. Rangel.

    Rep. G. K. Butterfield , a member of the Ethics Committee, has received $4,000 in campaign donations from Rep. Rangel. By any standard, receiving a donation from someone that you are investigating for a crime would itself be a crime, but that is not how it is done in Washington, DC. As of this date, G. K. Butterfield has not returned the $4,000. I demand in the name of the good people of the 1st district that Rep. Butterfield return that money immediately.

    Rangel is charged with failure to pay taxes on income earned on properties he owns. He will also be charged with allowing corporations to pay for his trips to the Caribbean. Rep. Butterfield has also allowed corporations to pay for his trips to the Caribbean at the same time.

    There is a wind sweeping across this great nation that will cleanse our political system. Greed and corruption is destroying our great country.  Washington needs to be cleaned from top to bottom and I want to be part of that cleanup.

    I promise to honestly and faithfully represent my friends and neighbors in the First District.