Title: Team 5 Investigates Legislative Per Diems

" All right added up. Full gas."

" Meal the cost of traveling to work every day just add up and not enough not to worry though for all state lawmakers who get paint. Due to go to work every day tonight -- I'd investigate and it was on the hunt for lawmakers getting the most free -- to Beacon Hill. The beacon hill's worst kept secret but it hasn't stopped them. There are no other legislator put in for many days who did -- 2008 and completely unaware that. So I'm gonna have to check yeah. We have the chicken. But less than four months ago -- kind of legal document under pains in penalties of perjury. Claiming trial date how 251. Days and collected more than 4500. Extra dollars to travel picks and a half mile. The daily rate is based on the -- between legislators home and Beacon Hill. "

" Many your constituents don't make much money you do in this kind of severe budget -- will be laid off do you feel any guilt whatsoever that you put into this Virginians want to tighten it it's yeah it's. Because our outlook. Around the -- I don't feel guilty now no but it's not that kids might win. -- That entity entity formed. You do enjoy your -- have to check on did you do honored to have her intellect and I would have to check you have no recollection no memory of it. No identity in -- beautifully for 251 day and took no vacations -- strengths and you know it. --"

" Second on the list the chairman of rules representative John an end of Worcester 239. Days. 800 dollars you could be any one job if you didn't think that's a pretty him right. No guilt. And -- in just three years legislators have collected nearly two million dollars ingredient and despite the recession the number climbs annually. Then there are the legislators like Alan Marty Walz and Michael rush who live within minutes -- but still collect ten dollars a day. -- blog lives here a mile and a half a day out -- did take a leisurely -- a Beacon Hill. We arrive 24 minutes later. For this she collected an extra 2300 dollars last year we try to reach representative wall here at how she refused to speak with. Representative Brian -- lives in less than two miles away. Do you feel any guilt taking money to pay for your -- come to work everyday and most can do is to not get paid. For their -- money. I guess -- are still I still yeah terrible about it and it's only gets -- collect a large I'm not surprisingly legislators who with the further from Boston. Represented -- nearly 16000 dollars last year. Representative Dennis -- or 11000 dollar provision of dominant about 10000. And represented -- tallied just over 9000."

" You unaware of the you're collecting this much money is much. I guess it's -- a -- investigate congenital."