(2009-11-17) Reps Using Lobbyist Healthcare Speech

Statements by more than a dozen lawmakers (House Of Representatives) were ghostwritten, in whole or in part, by Washington Lobbyist-s working for Genen Tech, one of the world's largest BioTech companies. E-mail messages obtained by The Ny Times show that the lobbyists drafted one statement for Democrats and another for Republicans... Genentech, a subsidiary of the Swiss drug giant Roche, estimates that 42 House members picked up some of its talking points - 22 Republicans and 20 Democrats, an unusual bipartisan coup for lobbyists. (These weren't real speeches, but rather the extra BullShit they insert into the Congressional Record.)