CREW ASKS MIN. LEADER MCCONNELL TO REMOVE SEN. STEVENS FROM COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

17 Sep 2007 // Today, Melanie Sloan, the executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), sent a letter to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) asking that he remove Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) from his committee assignments and refer the criminal matters surrounding the FBI investigation into Sen. Stevens' activities to the Senate Ethics Committee.

Sloan sent the letter in response to testimony on September 14, 2007 by former VECO CEO Bill Allen who admitted in court that VECO employees worked on Sen. Stevens' home and that VECO paid for some of the renovations. The renovation of Sen. Stevens' Girdwood, Alaska home has been of the subject of federal investigations.