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Mark Pocan: “As a federal employee, you can't get contracts, clearly…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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WCPT 820 Interview Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI).

Published | Video Starts at 02:06

And, you know, one, an unelected, unaccountable person shouldn't be in the position he's in. But, two, he also shouldn't be giving federal dollars as a member of Congress. As a federal employee, you can't get contracts, clearly, because that's corruption. But for Elon Musk, I guess it's another day in Washington. You know, we used to call that a conflict of interest. That used to be something that was frowned upon, but in the olden days. (02:06–02:12)

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Asserts that federal employees are prohibited from receiving contracts to prevent corruption.

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