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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2002

Ken Lay, the ex-chairman of the failed energy company Enron, will appear before two Congressional committees this week but won't testify before at least one of them, a spokesperson said on Sunday.

Perhaps that's a good idea. Former chief executive officer Jeffrey Skilling testified last week before Congress but not a single high-ranking lawmaker believed what he said.

"All the information we got was that he really thought he was smarter than everybody in Washington, that he could come and just . . . tell us anything he wanted and we would buy it," Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.) said on CBS's Face the Nation yesterday. "I'm afraid he may have put himself in some legal jeopardy as a result."

Tauzin is just one of the several lawmakers leading investigations into the collapse of Enron.

Get the Story:
Skilling Testimony Draws Congressional Concerns (The Washington Post 2/11)
Ex-Chief of Enron Will Not Testify Before Congress (The New York Times 2/11)
U.S. Pressing for Trustees of Enron Plan to Step Down (The New York Times 2/11)
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Relevant Links:
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