Dems Float Bill To Block $250M HHS COVID-19 Ad Campaign
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https://www.law360.com/articles/1317934/dems-float-bill-to-block-250m-hhs-covid-19-ad-campaign
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Law360 (October 7, 2020, 9:05 PM EDT) -- A group of senior House Democrats has introduced legislation to block the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from spending federal funds on contentious advertisements related to the COVID-19 pandemic, calling the pending HHS campaign "propaganda."
The Defeat Pandemic Propaganda Act will prohibit the HHS from spending any of its funding on creating "campaign-style, political advertisements" related to the coronavirus ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election, House Oversight Economic and Consumer Policy Subcommittee Chairman Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., and House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services Subcommittee Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., said on Wednesday....
Specifically, the bill would bar the HHS from obligating any public money to a public service announcement or advertising campaign that is intended to "positively influence public perception" or misrepresent facts related to the pandemic, or to encourage activities that would lead to an "undue risk" of contracting the coronavirus....
Additionally, the taxpayer-funded campaign could benefit President Donald Trump at the polls, said Krishnamoorthi and DeLauro, whose bill is also backed by Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., and Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Chairman Jim Clyburn, D-S.C.
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