Fierce Healthcare: Tom Price faces more ethical questions—this time over campaign funds used for his confirmation as HHS secretary
“Federal law is clear that congressional campaign funds are to be used to support a run for Congress or one’s duties as a Member of Congress—not so you can land a job after Congress,” Brendan Fischer, director of CLC’s federal and FEC reform program, said in an announcement about the complaint. “The corrupting potential of campaign contributions is amplified if officeholders can use the funds for their own personal benefit.”