Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, the Constitution allows the Congress, specifically the House of Representatives, to hold the purse strings of the Federal Government--not the executive branch, not the Federal agencies. This week, we've heard reports that the Secretary of Health and Human Services has been calling executives from the industries that she regulates asking them to donate money to a group called ``Enroll America,'' a private organization that makes the President's health care law a success by signing individuals up for coverage through exchanges. The Antideficiency Act prohibits the Federal Government departments from making greater expenditures in a fiscal year than those provided by the Congress. So it begs the question: What is the Secretary promising to corporate executives in exchange for their funding of this ACA implementation? This continues the line of questionably ethical conduct by the Secretary all to further the administration's controversial agenda. Let's review: in 2012, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel concluded that Secretary Sebelius violated the Hatch Act by campaigning for President Obama while traveling on official business; then they raided the ACA's Prevention and Public Health Fund; and now she is seeking money from businesses that she regulates to prop up the President's takeover of American health care. ____________________”