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Although Reece ignored this aspect and only focused on subversion, Patman took the initiative to investigate further. As the chair of the Select Committee on Small Business (known as the '''Patman Committee'''), the published 1963 report attacked foundations amidst new monopolies were subsidized at taxpayer expense.<ref name=fascinatingpoliticsbio/> It also unearthed the [[CIA]] funneling money to groups with no government connections.
Although Reece ignored this aspect and only focused on subversion, Patman took the initiative to investigate further. As the chair of the Select Committee on Small Business (known as the '''Patman Committee'''), the published 1963 report attacked foundations amidst new monopolies were subsidized at taxpayer expense.<ref name=fascinatingpoliticsbio/> It also unearthed the [[CIA]] funneling money to groups with no government connections.
===Attacking Nixon administration figures===
An ardent opponent of President [[Richard Nixon]] and his administration, Patman once asked [[Federal Reserve]] chair Arthur Burns in 1970:<ref name=fascinatingpoliticsbio/>
{{cquote|Can you give me any reason why you should not be in the penitentiary?}}
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