Alice Fisher Quotations

We have a zero tolerance for people stealing funds meant for storm victims. Many of the cases we are prosecuting involve small amounts. But we wanted to get out there with these arrests in part to deter people.

When individuals meet here in the shadow of our nation's capital to go prepare for violent action, we will take action.

Philip Bloom admits offering millions in bribes so that he and his companies could receive contracts for the vital task of rebuilding Iraq. The reconstruction effort in Iraq must be free from the taint of corruption.

I wouldn't want to talk about additional charges but the investigation is absolutely continuing.

If it doesn't look right, chances are it's not,

Lawful lobbying does not include paying a public official a personal benefit with the understanding -- explicit or implicit -- that a certain official act will occur. That's not lobbying, that's a crime.

Our job is to make sure the money is not diverted to fraudsters.

The American public loses when officials and lobbyists conspire to buy and sell influence in such a corrupt and brazen manner. By his admission in open court today, Mr. Rudy paints a picture of Washington which the American public and law enforcement will simply not tolerate.

Those in law enforcement who would sell their badges to aid in the illegal shipment of narcotics to the United States need to know that we are aggressively investigating their activities,

We're going to act quickly and aggressively to detect any kind of fraud and vigorously pursue it if we find it.

The scheme was designed to mislead analysts and the investing public.

Providing persons with unknown backgrounds undetected entry into our country is a threat to national security.

This is not something the department should be getting involved with,

This investigation continues ... however long it takes, wherever it leads.

There was a secret oral side agreement that the deal was risk free to AIG. Graham further stated in another context, quote: Our group will book the transaction as a deposit. How AIG books its transaction is between them, their accountants and God.

His activities went far beyond lawful lobbying to the illegal practice of paying for official acts.

Gang members in general are becoming more violent, more sophisticated in their organization and technology and are creating many more problems for our youngsters and our families.

Government officials and government action are not for sale. The Justice Department will aggressively investigate and prosecute these types of cases, which have a devastating impact on the public's trust of government.

The four executives arranged a complex scheme to cook the books at AIG. The scheme was designed to mislead analysts and the investing public.