House GOP subpoenas ObamaCare docs

The Hill reports:

House Republicans on Tuesday subpoenaed documents from the administration related to ObamaCare payments that they say violate the law.

The GOP committee chairmen issued the subpoenas for Health and Human Services (HHS) documents related the “Basic Health Program,” which they say the administration is unconstitutionally funding despite a lack of appropriation from Congress.

“We’ve been trying to get answers since last June, but HHS simply will not cooperate,” House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (Mich.) and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (Texas) said in a joint statement.

“The administration funneled $1.3 billion last year into the Basic Health Program without a congressional appropriation — a clear violation of the law,” they added. “Our good faith attempts to learn basic, and targeted facts have been met with resistance every step of the way. The American public deserves answers now. ”

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