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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'Fantastic': George Santos says he's happy about vote to gut Office of Congressional Ethics
On Monday, Business Insider reported that scandal-plagued Rep. George Santos (R-NY) is enthusiastically and openly on board with Republican plans to gut the Office of Congressional Ethics.
"I think it's fantastic," Santos told reporter Bryan Metzger, when asked if he was in favor of the rule changes. "It's a good thing for transparency, it's a good thing for Americans."
"The Office of Congressional Ethics, first established in 2008, is a quasi-independent body tasked with investigating allegations of misconduct against members of Congress," reported Metzger. "It then makes a determination as to whether those allegations are worth investigating further, at which point it makes a referral to the House Ethics Committee, which is evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats."
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"The rules package for the 118th Congress, put forward by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, re-imposes eight-year term limits for the OCE's board members, made up of former members of Congress, that were originally laid out when the office was established in 2008 and later extended in subsequent congresses," said the report, noting this will expel three of four Democratic members and potentially leave those seats vacant for months. "Furthermore, the rules prevent the office from hiring new staff after one month and require four board members to sign off on any staffing decision. That means the office which currently has just one investigative counsel on staff and is actively seeking to hire two more likely won't have enough time to hire new staff, and will not be able to fill any vacancies that might occur in the next two years."
Santos brushed aside these concerns, claiming that the old way just "gives them more power."
https://www.rawstory.com/george-santos-2659091142/
TheBlackAdder
(28,201 posts)LonePirate
(13,424 posts)We must live in Bizarro World nowadays.
rsdsharp
(9,177 posts)I dont think George knows what transparency means. Or hopes we dont.
Irish_Dem
(47,094 posts)KentuckyWoman
(6,679 posts)I doubt he'll stay in Congress very long. I hear he's the first Somoan Sikh in the House of Medici to discover a cure for stupidity. Johnson & Johnson is teaming up with RJ Reynolds to turn it into a powder to add in Ritz crackers.
Arkansas Granny
(31,517 posts)onecaliberal
(32,861 posts)rambler_american
(789 posts)if someone would kindly explain to Santos ad others what "ethics" means it might help. I don'[t think they have an inkling what ethics are.
Kid Berwyn
(14,906 posts)Praised by imbeciles. Paid by Putin.
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(7,930 posts)republianmushroom
(13,595 posts)twodogsbarking
(9,752 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,986 posts)We don't need no stinking ethics - the GOP