Critics' Choice

(Fox News) - The Department of Health and Human Service's employee newsletter recently suggested that workers looking for new cars consider 12 models rated tops in fuel efficiency by the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy. The list included Toyotas, Nissans and Hondas — but no American models.

The Detroit Free Press reports that when Michigan's congressional delegation found out, they got mad — not at Detroit, for failing to make fuel efficient vehicles, but at HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt, for steering employees toward certain brands of cars.

An agency spokesman says the newsletter was just trying to relay information and pointed out that some American models were recommended in a section about larger vehicles such as pickups, vans and SUVs.