Kaine Questions Timing of Tillerson Confirmation & Pro-ExxonMobil Legislative Move

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine spoke on the Senate floor about Republican efforts to roll back an important anti-corruption rule that requires oil and gas companies to disclose payments to foreign governments. Big oil companies, including ExxonMobil, actively lobbied against this rule in 2010. The House voted to gut this rule last week, the same day former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson was confirmed as Secretary of State. Kaine urged his colleagues to vote against this reversal that helps big oil and allows corruption in poor, “resource-cursed” countries.