A Solyndra for Sebelius

$20 million slush fund for biotech comes at expense of biohazard preparedness
HHS Sec. Kathleen Sebelius / AP

The Senate Appropriations Committee has created a $20 million fund for Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to invest in biotech startups, shifting money to a program that some say resembles the Department of Energy’s controversial loan guarantees.