Reps. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and Henry Waxman (D-CA) today sent letters to the CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Chairman of the Board of the Retail Industry Leaders Association, looking for information into Wal-Mart officials’ role in organizations lobbying against the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
“We are concerned about the role that Wal-Mart officials may have played in the Chamber’s Institute for Legal Reform. It would appear to be a conflict of interest for Wal-Mart officials to advise on ways to weaken the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act at a time when the leadership of the company was apparently aware of corporate conduct that may have violated the law,” the lawmakers said in their letter to Chamber of Commerce CEO Thomas Donohue.
