“MobilVox … has delivered all of its U.S. government contracts on time and within budget; and … has complied with applicable U.S. laws and regulations regarding interactions with members of Congress and lobbyists, its business operations, and government contracts.
“MobilVox developed technologies are useful in preventing terrorist attacks and saving lives. And the company is very grateful to the members of Congress, U.S. government, and others who recognize and support them.”
— MobilVox President and CEO Enrique Lenz
“Congressman Murtha is continually working to attract new businesses and jobs to western Pennsylvania. We were happy to welcome MobilVox to the district in 2004 to work on important NASA and defense programs.
“In the FY07 DOD Appropriations bill, Murtha secured $1.45m for the Adaptive IED Tactical System. … This funding helped provide a database (which was completed and delivered to the DOD) to analyze this information, which in turn helped support our explosive ordnance communities with more quickly identifying enemy tactics, techniques, and technologies.
“In the FY09 DHS Appropriations Bill, Murtha secured $1m for the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Geospatial Analysis Tool Plus.”
— Matthew Mazonkey, spokesman for Rep. John Murtha, Pennsylvania Democrat
“MobilVox is a small, minority owned business headquartered in the Congressmans district. He strongly supports their efforts to develop cutting-edge technology that assists the military in combating improvised explosive devices on land and underwater.
“Our office complies with all the rules of the House and we do not keep records regarding who represented firms in our district and at what time. Our decision as to which projects we request is based solely on two criteria 1) does the company create jobs in Northern Virginia and 2) does the military believe the technology is critical to protecting our troops and increasing their capability to succeed with their mission.
“The Congressman determines which projects best fit this criteria and those are the ones we request. Period, end of story.”
— Austin J. Durrer, Spokesman for Rep. James Moran, Virginia Democrat
“I am very proud of the work I’ve done in my career and carefully complied with the applicable post-employment restrictions in the year after leaving my position on Capitol Hill. I fully abided by the required cooling-off period and did not lobby Rep. Morans or Rep. Murthas office in the year after departing my employment on Capitol Hill.”
— Melissa Koloszar, MobilVox lobbyist and former chief of staff and appropriations aide for Mr. Moran
“From the middle of 2003 to the middle 2005, I represented Mobilvox through my firm, Charters and Co., before the federal government on defense appropriations issues.… During my time representing Mobilvox, I worked with them to understand the appropriations process. My work involved promoting a hand-held device to help Explosive Ordinance Disposal teams have the best technology available for them when dealing with improvised explosive devices. My work included explaining to (Mr. Moran) how this device would help protect our troops. In order to educate the Congressman about this product, we invited him to visit the Mobilvox facility and meet with experts in the bomb disposal community and Mobilvox employees.”
— Tim Charters, former MobilVox lobbyist and ex-aide to Rep. Randy (Duke) Cunningham, former California Republican
“I never used Jack … If asked I would say I am Jack’s brother. I never said I could get you this because of Jack.”
— Robert “Kit” Murtha, brother of Rep. John Murtha and former lobbyist for MobilVox, describing his time as a lobbyist. Kit Murtha said he would tell clients that “I don’t know if I can do anything. Jack can be kind of unreasonable.”
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