"… otech and pharmaceutical interests.House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas, R-Calif., who backs the funding, received $114,500 from the pharmaceutica …"

"… excess of $30,000, far exceeds that of the next most-traveled office, Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Calif, whose aides accepted eight trips.Although Breaux is now retired …"

"… at the trip was to educate the executives "about Chinese accession to WTO [World Trade Organization]," the trip seems fairly routine. Maintaining normal trade relations with …"

"… g Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas of California, donated a combined $38,500 to the state GOP via their feder …"