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Administration Use of taxpayer Dollars for Propaganda

Date: Feb. 1, 2005
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: K-12 Education


ADMINISTRATION USE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR PROPAGANDA -- (House of Representatives - February 01, 2005)

(Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.)

Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, it seems every day another conservative columnist or pundit is being forced to admit they were being paid by the Bush Administration to make its policies look better to the public.

First, it was talk show host Armstrong Williams, who was paid $240,000 by the Education Department to promote the No Child Left Behind Act.

Then conservative columnist Maggie Gallagher admitted that she was paid $21,500 by HHS to promote pro-marriage initiatives.

Then, last Thursday, we learned conservative columnist Michael McManus was paid $10,000 to also promote the President's marriage initiative.

Mr. Speaker, last year alone the Bush administration funneled over $88 million in taxpayer money to public relation firms, and if this is not a waste of the taxpayers' money, I do not know what is.

Republicans should join us in a call for a congressional investigation into the administration's blatant use of taxpayer dollars for nothing more than propaganda.

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