Mick Mulvaney, Chief of OMB and CFPB, in an address to banking executives:
“We had a hierarchy in my office in Congress. If you’re a lobbyist who never gave us money, I didn’t talk to you. If you’re a lobbyist who gave us money, I might talk to you.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/u...on-bureau.html
Draining the swamp indeed.