The White House apparently concocted a secret deal with the pharmaceutical industry in return for a promise not to oppose President Barack Obama’s signature health care reform law, Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas, tells Newsmax.TV.
According to NewsMax, Burgess was referring to allegations raised in a House Energy and Commerce Committee investigation that the administration made backroom deals to secure passage of Obamacare.
A staff memo from the committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations said “the investigation has confirmed the existence of a deal between the White House and (the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers of America) that explicitly bound both parties to certain commitments.”
A staff memo from the committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations said “the investigation has confirmed the existence of a deal between the White House and (the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers of America) that explicitly bound both parties to certain commitments.”
“It has taken a long time to get that information but just recently we got more and more access to e-mails from the industries that were involved, not from the White House, but as a consequence of getting those e-mails, we now see that the White House involvement was very significant and was at the very highest levels.”
Burgess said there are no e-mails directly to President Obama but e-mails are linked to Jim Messina, then Deputy Chief of Staff and now Obama’s campaign manager. Regardless, Americans should be concerned.
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