Two Republican lawmakers charged with conducting government oversight sharply rebukedHealth and Human Services Secretary Tom Price on Tuesday for curtailing his employees' ability to communicate directly with Congress and suggested the move violates federal law.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) said the policy that Price's chief of staff outlined in a memo last week “is potentially illegal and unconstitutional, and will likely chill protected disclosures of waste, fraud, and abuse.”
