Emails, Torrie Miller, communications director, U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions, Dec. 18, 2013
From: Selby, Gardner (CMG-Austin)
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 3:02 PM
To: '
Subject: Urgent inquiry PolitiFact Texas
Torrie:
Good afternoon.
I write because I am trying to check Rep. Sessions’ claim in his oped article in the Dallas Morning News that federal law related to Obamacare navigators "does not bar — or even require screening for — convicted felons, including individuals convicted of identity theft or fraud.” Can you provide backup information today?
Thanks.
wgs
W. Gardner Selby
PolitiFact Texas
9:43 a.m.
Dec. 18, 2013
Page 9 and 10 of this staff report from the committee:
http://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Republican-Staff-Report-on-Navigators.pdf
Torrie Miller
Communications Director
House Committee on Rules | Chairman Pete Sessions (R-TX)
From: Selby, Gardner (CMG-Austin) [mailto:wgselby@statesman.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 10:46 AM
To: Miller, Torrie
Subject: RE: Urgent inquiry PolitiFact Texas
Thanks. Of the Navigator grant recipients in Texas, how many independently run criminal background checks on individuals working as navigators?
g.
10:31 a.m.
The federal government does not require navigator grant recipients to run criminal background checks and we have no way of knowing how many have actually done so.