Dr. Mehmet Oz, who would oversee Medicare as CMS head, appears to have avoided paying over $400,000 in Medicare taxes over past three tax years “If you are unwilling to pay your legal and fair share of taxes into Medicare,...
Unprecedented mass firings threaten ED’s ability to address families’ and borrowers’ financial aid complaints “Parents, students, and borrowers should have access to a well-functioning federal student aid system that reliably lowers education costs.” Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. –...
Given Concerns, Warren, Blumenthal, Van Hollen Also Push for Investigations of Elon Musk’s Potential Ethics Violations and VA Secretary Doug Collins Also Serving as Acting Director of Federal Ethics Office “Despite President Trump’s promises to fight for working families, he...
Oz Has Advocated for Complete Privatization of Medicare “The agency deserves a leader that is willing to put the interests of patients, providers, and taxpayers first – not an individual that seeks to privatize those programs and has spent much...
Lawmakers urge OGE to recommend matter for ethics investigation, disciplinary action “(Ethics laws on the misuse of government positions) help ensure that finite taxpayer resources are devoted to addressing public problems… rather than redirecting the President’s scarce time and White...
Lawmakers press on impacts of massive Social Security staffing cuts, office closures “The net result [of these cuts] could be a disaster: more overpayments and waste in the system, at the same time that Americans who have earned their Social...
“As Secretary of Defense, your first duty is to the United States and the Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen you now lead, not any political mission.” Climate change threatens DoD operations, strategies, infrastructure, supply chains Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C....
Big Pharma Scheme Costs Medicaid Billions; “GSK’s greed may have had deadly impacts.” Several months after Flovent’s discontinuation, patients who had previously been using Flovent faced a 24% rise in hospitalizations. Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator...
Sen. Warren demands Dr. Oz divest from conflicted financial interests, recuse from matters involving former employers and clients, and commit not to lobby CMS or work for industries regulated by CMS for four years after leaving government service “By making...
“As Secretary of the Navy, you could make programmatic decisions that would increase DoD’s reliance on companies in which you are invested. To mitigate that conflict, you should divest your holdings in defense contractors.” Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C....
Data released by Education Department shows loan servicer is worst-performing on a range of metrics After questioning from Warren, McMahon recently committed to “improving service delivery” for students, families, taxpayers Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Elizabeth...
Feinberg could influence DoD response to Ligado’s $39 billion lawsuit, benefitting his family Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to Deputy Defense Secretary Nominee Stephen Feinberg, urging him to recuse himself from all...