weaselzippers;
After seeing today’s “enrollment” numbers I think we know why.
Via Byron York:
On November 7, Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Government Oversight and Reform Committee, along with subcommittee chairman Rep. Jim Jordan, sent the White House a letter requesting testimony from top Obama aides Nancy-Ann DeParle and Jeanne Lambrew. Both are leading figures shaping the White House position in Obamacare design and implementation. Issa wanted them to appear at a November 20 hearing on the so-far disastrous rollout of the president’s national health care scheme. “As the principal health policy advisor during the passage and early implementation of Obamacare, your testimony is vital for helping Congress understand the administration’s preparation for and early implementation of Obamacare,” Issa told DeParle.
On Tuesday, Issa got his answer: No. Neither DeParle nor Lambrew responded to the chairman’s letter, but White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler told Issa he had no business asking the White House about the president’s signature achievement.
Ruemmler began by listing some of Issa’s information requests to the Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Internal Revenue Service, and others. Some officials from those agencies have testified or given interviews to Issa’s committee, Ruemmler noted. And some have provided documents — although Issa said at a hearing today that, “To date, HHS has not produced a single responsive document to this committee.”
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Via Byron York:
On November 7, Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Government Oversight and Reform Committee, along with subcommittee chairman Rep. Jim Jordan, sent the White House a letter requesting testimony from top Obama aides Nancy-Ann DeParle and Jeanne Lambrew. Both are leading figures shaping the White House position in Obamacare design and implementation. Issa wanted them to appear at a November 20 hearing on the so-far disastrous rollout of the president’s national health care scheme. “As the principal health policy advisor during the passage and early implementation of Obamacare, your testimony is vital for helping Congress understand the administration’s preparation for and early implementation of Obamacare,” Issa told DeParle.
On Tuesday, Issa got his answer: No. Neither DeParle nor Lambrew responded to the chairman’s letter, but White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler told Issa he had no business asking the White House about the president’s signature achievement.
Ruemmler began by listing some of Issa’s information requests to the Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Internal Revenue Service, and others. Some officials from those agencies have testified or given interviews to Issa’s committee, Ruemmler noted. And some have provided documents — although Issa said at a hearing today that, “To date, HHS has not produced a single responsive document to this committee.”
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Thank You Mr York, Wash Examiner and Zip.
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