Koch rips Dingy Harry a new one...
KOCH COMPANIES PUBLIC SECTOR, LLC
Legal, Government, Public Affairs
October 9, 2013
Dear Senator:
A great deal of what you read and hear about Koch Industries is erroneous or misleading. Indeed, there
was false information presented about Koch on the Senate floor by Senate Majority Leader Reid, who
claimed yesterday that Koch was behind the shutdown of the federal government in an effort to defund
the Affordable Care Act or “Obamacare.” Because several of you have asked what our position is on this
issue, we want to set the record straight and correct this misinformation.
Koch believes that Obamacare will increase deficits, lead to an overall lowering of the standard of health
care in America, and raise taxes. However, Koch has not taken a position on the legislative tactic of tying
the continuing resolution to defunding Obamacare nor have we lobbied on legislative provisions
defunding Obamacare.
Instead, Koch has focused on educating the public about reducing our nation’s debt and controlling
runaway government spending. We believe that Congress should, at a minimum, keep to sequester–level
spending guidelines, and develop a plan for more significant and widespread spending reductions in the
future. We also believe that Congress should work to rein-in rampant government spending so that it
becomes no longer necessary to continually raise the debt ceiling.
Congress should focus on these efforts: balancing the budget, tightening and cutting government
spending, curbing cronyism, and eliminating market–distorting subsidies and mandates.
We are hopeful this sets the record straight and that in the future Senator Reid and other politicians will
stop misrepresenting and distorting Koch’s positions.
Sincerely,
Philip Ellender
President, Government Public Affairs
Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC
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