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Grassley Warns HHS Web Site May Be ‘Propaganda’
John Stanton
Roll Call
Thursday, Oct 22nd, 2009
Senate Finance ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
is raising concerns that a Department of Health and Human Services
Web site that urges visitors to send an e-mail to President
Barack Obama praising his health care reform plan may violate
rules against government-funded propaganda.
The Web page is accessed through a “state your support”
button featured prominently on the HHS Web site and carries
a disclaimer that the Web site is maintained by HHS.
In a letter sent to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Tuesday,
Grassley warned that “any possible misuse of appropriated
funds by the executive branch to engage in publicity or propaganda
in support of an Administration priority is a matter that must
be investigated and taken seriously,” noting that in 2005
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) argued that “the use of
official funds for similar activities were 'underhanded tactics'
and that these tactics 'are not worthy of our great democracy.'”
The form letter on the “state your support” page
includes language hailing Obama's efforts. “We strongly
support your commitment to comprehensive health reform. This
is not a luxury. The continuing, sharp escalation of health
care costs for families, businesses, and government is unsustainable.
Reform is imperative. We believe that health reform must be
enacted this year,” the letter says.
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