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Edwards Calls On Scully To Not Use His Public Service For Personal Gain

Date: Dec. 3, 2003
Issues: Senior Citizens Entitlements and the Safety Net Health Insurance

Wednesday, December 3, 2003

Edwards Calls On Scully To Not Use His Public Service For Personal Gain

Senator John Edwards (D-NC) today issued the following statement on the news regarding Tom Scully's job search while heading Medicare:

"Today, we learned that Thomas Scully, the man who runs Medicare, is negotiating with top lobbying firms whose clients will benefit the most from the new Medicare bill. He was in negotiations while he was writing that bill. He was a lobbyist before he took his current job, and now he may become a lobbyist after he leaves his job. This looks improper because it is improper. I am calling on him not to use his public service for personal gain. I ask that he voluntarily stop negotiations with these firms and that he not become a lobbyist when he leaves his current job.

"This is an all-too-familiar example as to why we need to stop this revolving door. We should stop lobbyists from taking a top administration job on the subjects on which they lobbied for at least one year. And we should stop top officials from leaving the administration to become lobbyists for at least five years."

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