[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10635]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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              INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE UNETHICAL ACTIVITIES

  (Mr. SCALISE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, we've had reports that HHS Secretary 
Sebelius has been soliciting funds from private companies to go and 
promote the President's health care law. In fact, there's a committee 
in Congress that's investigating these reports and how it would either 
potentially break the law or clearly violate ethics laws. In addition 
to that, now we're seeing reports that the Obama administration is 
pressuring the NFL and the NBA to go and promote their health care law.
  It is unethical for the Obama administration to pressure 
organizations that they regulate to try to promote their policies. So 
if Secretary Sebelius or any other Federal administrator is using their 
power in the regulatory structure to go and pressure organizations to 
promote their policies, they need to stop it right now, Mr. Speaker; 
and we need to continue in the House our oversight investigations into 
any kind of unethical activities like those that are being reported.

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