Our Congresswoman, Yvette Clarke, was among those busted by the New York Times over the weekend reading into the congressional record a statement that was "ghostwritten ... by Washington lobbyists working for Genentech, one of the world’s largest biotechnology companies."
“I see this bill as an exciting opportunity to create the kind of jobs we so desperately need in this country, while at the same time improving the lives of all Americans,” Clarke said in the passage of her comments on health care legislation that appears to have been written for her by the industry which is not, I don't think, a major employer in her district.
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