No sense even pretending anymore
Who said this?
“One of the reasons I have long supported the U.S. biotechnology industry is that it is a homegrown success story that has been an engine of job creation in this country.”
Was it:
- Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO)
- Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC)
- All of the above
Statements by more than a dozen lawmakers were ghostwritten, in whole or in part, by Washington lobbyists working for Genentech, one of the world’s largest biotechnology companies.
E-mail messages obtained by The New York Times show that the lobbyists drafted one statement for Democrats and another for Republicans.
The lobbyists, employed by Genentech and by two Washington law firms, were remarkably successful in getting the statements printed in the Congressional Record under the names of different members of Congress.
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.
You already know what I think about “bipartisanism.”
(Seen at Consumerist.)
McGehee »
16 November 2009 · 1:47 pm
Well, you didn’t expect them to say,
…did you?
fillyjonk »
17 November 2009 · 7:29 am
Plagiarists in my classes get big fat screaming red zeroes.
Apparently, plagiarists in Washington get re-elected.
**weeps**