Tom Price: “I appreciate you really clarifying that issue so very well. I think it is important that we talk today about what kinds…”

“I appreciate you really clarifying that issue so very well. I think it is important that we talk today about what kinds of things these 527s do, because people say, ``I don't know what a 527 is. How am I supposed to know? They would never interact with me.'' That is what people think. But I am stunned at the number of folks that I know who have gotten phone calls from 527s. They are what are called push calls, so that they are trying to push an individual in a particular direction to believe something that may often not be true about an individual candidate or an individual person. Mr. McHENRY. Congressman Price, I know you mentioned the telephone calls. Some of us get annoyed by these answer machine messages. Some people get annoyed by these recorded messages. Even when telemarketers are at the other end of the line. I for one agree with my constituents on that. But it is important at the end of that telephone call to actually know where it is coming from and who paid for it. Under section 527 of the IRS code, these groups don't even disclose that. They don't have to. They don't have to say who is paying for these phone calls. They have to say who they are from. As a Member of Congress, I have an obligation to communicate with my constituents.…”