Make a Comment • Email Link • Send Letter to Editor IPFS News Link • TAXES: Federal Official's Portraits Cost to Taxpayers Can Reach $50,000 10-21-2008 • Washington Post The Commerce Department, for instance, recently requested artists' bids to paint a likeness of Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, who has served since 2005. The contract pays up to $35,000, and Gutierrez gets to select the winning painter Watch Streaming Broadcast Live: LRN.fm Watch live shows and archives TV Live Chat Telegram Share this page with your friends on your favorite social network: