W.H.: CNN Report on Tom Price: ‘Exactly the Kind of Financial Entanglement’ People Hate
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EARNEST: "You have a member of Congress buying a stock in a company and within a week sponsoring legislation that would benefit that company its stock price only to see that introduction of that legislation followed shortly thereafter by political donation from that company to the campaign account of the member of Congress in question. So, this doesn’t seem like a complicated scheme. This seems like exactly the kind of financial entanglement that’s left a lot of people feeling alienated from Washington DC, that’s left a lot of people questioning the motives of the members of Congress. Was he sponsored that legislation because of his own personal motive, personal financial interest? Or was he sponsored the legislation because he knew it was likely to lead to a political contribution? Or was he sponsoring that bill because he thought it was good policy? It’s hard to know, it’s an open question."