[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 8 (Tuesday, February 1, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H240-H241]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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         ADMINISTRATION USE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR PROPAGANDA

  (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, it seems every day another conservative 
columnist or pundit is being forced to admit they were being paid by 
the Bush Administration to make its policies look better to the public.
  First, it was talk show host Armstrong Williams, who was paid 
$240,000 by the Education Department to promote the No Child Left 
Behind Act.
  Then conservative columnist Maggie Gallagher admitted that she was 
paid $21,500 by HHS to promote pro-marriage initiatives.
  Then, last Thursday, we learned conservative columnist Michael 
McManus was paid $10,000 to also promote the President's marriage 
initiative.
  Mr. Speaker, last year alone the Bush administration funneled over 
$88 million in taxpayer money to public relation firms, and if this is 
not a waste of the taxpayers' money, I do not know what is.

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  Republicans should join us in a call for a congressional 
investigation into the administration's blatant use of taxpayer dollars 
for nothing more than propaganda.

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