Florida Rep. Alan Grayson called an aide to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke a "K Street whore" during a radio interview that aired last month, Roll Call reported.According to the audio posted on YouTube, Grayson, a Democrat, reportedly said on the Alex Jones radio show, "Here I am, the only member of Congress who actually worked as an economist. And she’s, this lobbyist, this K Street whore, is trying to teach me about economics."
Grayson, a first term congressman, was allegedly referring to Bernanke adviser Linda Robertson, who Grayson said had headed up Enron Corp.'s lobbying shop in Washington, D.C., the newspaper reported.
A Democratic aide of Grayson's later defended his statement, telling the newspaper, "The Congressman’s choice of the words referred to her career as a lobbyist and her history of promoting whomever and whatever pays."
"Congressman Grayson was an economist and believes she is not qualified to attack complex financial reform policies," the aide reportedly said.
The remarks are the latest controversy for Grayson, who just last month said Republicans' health care plans were intended for Americans to "die quickly."
Grayson, who is Jewish, was also reprimanded by the Anti-Defamation League for calling the current health care system a "holocaust in America."
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