Yesterday, at a Senate Banking Committee hearing, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., attacked U.S. companies that do business with Iran, singling out Koch Industries, despite the fact that Tester has taken money from companies that also did business with Iran.
“Recently I heard that one of America’s largest companies, Koch Industries, was in the business of supporting Iran through energy development. Um … if they are doing there are probably others that are doing it,” Tester said yesterday.
Koch Industries issued the following statement in response to Tester’s statement:
Koch is correct. Tester took $2000 from General Electric and $8000 from Honeywell this year. Both companies have had well established business relationships with Iran.
Tester should clean his own house before trying to score cheap political points.
