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Smith Introduces Bill to Stop EPA from Hiring PR with Taxpayer Money

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Date: Dec. 18, 2015
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Government Operations

By Ozark Radio News
Republican Congressman Jason Smith (MO-08) has introduced legislation that he says will stop the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from using taxpayer money to hire public relations contractors.

In announcing the End EPA Advertising Act, Smith says that the federal government has spent $4.34 billion on public relations firms since 2007, and between 2000 and 2014, the EPA spent $26 million on outside public relations contracts, which was funded with taxpayer dollars. Smith added that regulations from the EPA cost the economy roughly $350 billion a year, or half of the total economic cost of complying with all federal regulations.

Smith says outside public relations consulting expenses has increased by 47 percent under the Obama administration, including more than $2 billion in outside contracts with firms performing polling, public relations, and marketing consulting.


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