“Congress right to investigate AARP”. Editorial. Des Moines Register (April 11, 2011). 2011年5月10日閲覧。 “In the mid-1990s, Congress launched an investigation, asking questions about its tax status and business ventures. That was led by former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming. When The Register interviewed him several years later, he was still troubled by AARP's practices. Simpson stated the organization was "the biggest marketing operation in America and money-maker". He said that what the organization does "is the greatest abuse of American generosity I witnessed in my time in the U.S. Senate".”