DHS extends contract with controversial limousine service
Spokesman says the department is only continuing the agreement until it awards a new contract to provide transportation.
The Homeland Security Department has renewed a contract with a limousine service that was under investigation for allegedly providing prostitutes to public officials through a bribery ring.
DHS spokesman Larry Orluskie confirmed Thursday the department has extended its contract with Shirlington Limousine and Transportation Inc. of Arlington, Va., for one year.
The FBI earlier this year investigated whether military contractors linked to former Rep. Randy (Duke) Cunningham, R-Calif. arranged for the company to provide prostitutes for him and other lawmakers. Cunningham pleaded guilty last fall to taking $2.4 million in bribes from military contractors.
"The fact that the department is instead renewing this contract in the face of everything we now know shows how resistant this administration is to any effort that would return a sense of responsibility and accountability to Washington," said House Rules ranking member Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y.
Orluskie said the department is only extending the contract until it lets a new contract to provide transportation.
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