Lee Terry (R-NE) calls unattributed Web statement an 'oversight'

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Joseph Morton

WASHINGTON — If Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-N.C., happened to visit Rep. Lee Terry's official website earlier this year, his policy statement on jobs and the economy sure would have looked familiar.

That's because the Omaha Republican's statement was essentially a reworked version of a speech Ellmers delivered in 2011, with large chunks of identical text that Terry's site presented as his own words.

Ellmers began her 2011 talk — a GOP response to President Barack Obama's weekly address — by citing the “job creators” who had testified before the House Small Business Committee.

“These are leaders and entrepreneurs who take time out and come to Washington to explain how tough things are right now. Their stories are different, but their message is the same: uncertainty, burdensome regulations, and the fear of higher taxes are making it harder to create jobs and stay afloat,” Ellmers said.

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[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

1. 113th Congress... 234 Republicans = one full brain.

Of course they need to copy each other. If not, they would not have enough content to fill a webpage.

[SoapBox]

2. Who? Fud...Elmer?

Oops...my mistake.

[mdbl]

3. dumb and dumber

One dumb repug quoting another.

[Arkana]

4. What is it with these guys and plagiarism?

[JoePhilly]

5. They have no new or independent thoughts. So they recycle old discarded thoughts.