Congress expands investigation into alleged ethics violations of HHS secretary
Alana Goodman
Washington Free Beacon
5/25/2013
The House Energy and Commerce Committee is expanding its investigation into whether Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius broke the law when she asked health care executives to contribute to nonprofit groups that are helping to implement the Affordable Care Act.
The committee has requested information from 15 companies and organizations that may have been approached by Sebelius…
…Sebelius asked health industry executives to contribute to nonprofits that are working to enroll uninsured Americans under President Barack Obama’s health care reform law, the Washington Post first reported earlier this month.
HHS confirmed that administration officials had been involved in fundraising in a capacity despite initially denying the reports, according to the New York Times. The administration says it was done in a personal, not official, capacity…
…This is not the first time Sebelius has come under scrutiny for alleged ethics violations…
The complete article is at the Washington Free Beacon.
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