Fact-Finding Mission or Exotic Getaway?
Submitted by Monica Rober on Mon, 06/29/2009 - 20:32
The Huffington Post reports that health care companies are splurging on travel and vacations for members of Congress."When members of Congress and their staffs spend every day during the week when Congress is in session listening to lobbyists and executives making the case, that is one thing," said David Donnelly of Public Campaign. "But when they go on vacation, which is basically what these trips are, and spend their time going to resorts or hanging around lobbyists or executives in the health care industries, the voices of citizens aren't anywhere in that process."