Political Quotes

“Under this legislation, Mr. Speaker, any communication an agency makes that is an advertisement or that provides information about a Federal Government program, benefit, or service would have to say that it is printed or published at taxpayer expense. Emails, radio, and television ads would have to say that they are produced and disseminated at taxpayer expense. Some agencies already identify the agencies that print them. For example, the Army prints, ``Paid for by the United States Army'' on its recruiting posters. This bill would require the Army to change its wording and say, ``Printed at taxpayer expense.'' I have not heard any explanation, either at the committee or here on the floor, for why such a change is so necessary. The gentlewoman from Illinois, Congresswoman Duckworth, the former Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs, raised an important point during our committee's consideration of this bill. She pointed out that some materials printed by the Department of Veterans Affairs state that the VA produced the materials. This is important because veterans need to be able to trust the source of the information, and seeing ``Department of Veterans Affairs'' engenders just that trust.…”