June 15, 2015

The Honorable Jason Chaffetz

U.S. House of Representatives
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
2157 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Chairman Chaffetz:
Documents obtained by the nonprofit watchdog group Judicial Watch indicate that the House and
Senate have falsely certified themselves as small businesses in order to qualify for taxpayer-funded
health insurance payments for themselves and their staff, sidestepping provisions of Obamacare.
Senator David Vitter of Louisiana tried to subpoena the District of Columbia Health Benefit Exchange
Authority for the documents, but Senate rules required a majority vote of his committee which he was
unable to obtain.
Under House rules, you have the authority to issue a subpoena for these documents without a
committee vote. On behalf of the members and supporters of our organizations and millions of other
Americans keenly interested in this issue, we urge you do so.
These documents claim that the House and Senate have just 45 employees each, even though more
than 13,700 employees have reportedly signed up.

It would appear, therefore, that the District of Columbia Health Benefit Exchange Authority is complicit
in an ongoing fraud that is squarely within the jurisdiction of your committee.
Nothing makes the American people angrier than members of Congress giving themselves and their staff
special benefits especially when those benefits apparently rely on the false claim that the House and
Senate are small businesses.
We urge you to subpoena these documents as part of an investigation into exactly how this happened
and who is responsible.
Sincerely,
Phil Kerpen
American Commitment

Michael Needham
Heritage Action for America

Sean Noble
American Encore

Heather Higgins
Independent Womens Voice

David McIntosh
Club for Growth

Andrew Langer
Institute for Liberty

Thomas Schatz
Council for Citizens Against Government Waste

Seton Motley
Less Government

Brian Baker
Ending Spending

Colin Hanna
Let Freedom Ring

David Bozell
ForAmerica

Mark Harris
No D.C. Exemption

Matt Kibbe
FreedomWorks

David Williams
Taxpayers Protection Alliance

George Landrith
Frontiers of Freedom

Jenny Beth Martin

Tea Party Patriots