Miller (R-CA) Making Land Deals Despite Probe (AP)

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Miller Making Land Deals Despite Probe
Rep. Miller Continues Real Estate Deals Despite
Investigation Into Earlier Transactions

By ERICA WERNER

WASHINGTON Feb 22, 2007 (AP)— Rep. Gary Miller grew up poor. Even though
he's now worth more than $13 million, he says he's still worried about his family's
financial security.

So, while federal authorities investigate some of his real estate transactions,
he says he'll keep on making deals.

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"Some people are arguing I shouldn't have the opportunity to make an investment
that every other American citizen has an opportunity to make," he said. "I've got
kids, I've got grandkids, and it'd be nice, when I get ready to go, when they're
older, if I can help them."

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Miller also faces accusations of using his staff for personal errands and pursuing
federal funding for projects beneficial to properties that he and his campaign
contributors owned.

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Full article: http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2896056