President Obama’s nomination of Governor Kathleen Sebelius to HHS

It comes as no surprise that a President who supports rationed healthcare initiatives would choose someone like Governor Sebelius who shares his views. Governor Sebelius has advocated for policies that would take Kansans off private health insurance onto taxpayer-funded health insurance. She has also promoted healthcare policies that would limit a patient’s freedom to work with a physician to choose the best treatments available.

"Under her leadership as governor of Kansas, our state went from budget surpluses to massive budget deficits. She has helped create more government jobs in the past six years than private sector jobs, and she has been an ardent opponent of expanded job creation in rural Western Kansas.

It is well known Governor Sebelius has a strong financial and political relationship with the abortion industry and with those who provide late-term abortions. I have serious concerns that these relationships would influence her decisions if she were to become Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Like President Obama, Governor Sebelius holds some liberal views that I cannot support.

From controversial social policies to growing the size of government, President Obama is building a cabinet whose members share his liberal ideological motivations. Governor Sebelius is par for the course.

Congressman Todd Tiahrt of Kansas serves as the Ranking Republican on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor/HHS/Education) that approves funding and provides oversight for HHS.