Courtesy of Public Citizen:

Eighty-five percent of the nation’s critical infrastructure is controlled by the private sector.  However, the Bush administration has been notoriously hostile toward the reasonable regulation of private industry, including the industries mentioned in this report. It has blocked efforts to create rules to strengthen security at chemical and nuclear plants, make the transportation of hazardous materials more secure, ensure the safety of the drinking water supply or secure the nation’s ports.

The report suggests that this is in part because industries representing the five homeland security areas examined in this study collectively have:

-Raised at least $19.9 million for the Bush campaigns, the Republican National Committee or the Bush inauguration since the 2000 cycle.

-Provided 10 Rangers and 20 Pioneers – individuals who raise at least $200,000 and $100,000, respectively – to the Bush presidential campaigns.

-Spent at least $201 million lobbying the White House, executive branch agencies and Congress from 2002 through June 2004.

Read the entire press release here.

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