It is obvious that the opposition party always barks the loudest when a member of the other party strays from ethical guidelines or principles but facts is facts. Even members of one’s own party, in this case the Democrats, should do the right thing if they ever expect anyone to believe there is anything resembling ethics within the halls of Congress or the remainder of the government.
In part due to a previous post on Pelosi, this brief commentary along with a press release from the House Republican Leader is offered as a reminder to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that the most ethical Congress in decades is not all that ethical. In cases of other public servants it is not unusual for an accused to be put on administrative leave or similar arrangement before a decision has been rendered on their guilt or innocence. The same could have easily been done in the case of Rep Charlie Rangel.
So what’s the story Nancy, are you going to clean this mess up or not?
Stanford Matthews
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Washington, Sep 18 - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today criticized House Democrats after they voted once again to protect Ways & Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel’s (D-NY) powerful position as chair of the House’s tax-writing panel. Boehner offered a privileged resolution to (1) establish an Investigative Subcommittee to examine Rangel’s ethical lapses; and (2) pending completion of the investigation, remove him as chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means. He issued the following statement:
“No one – not even Chairman Rangel himself – denies that he has failed to pay his own taxes at the same time he has been pushing legislation to hike them on every American taxpayer. The chairman of the Ways and Means Committee has a solemn responsibility, and it is improper for Rep. Rangel to remain in a position with such vast power and influence with this ethical cloud hanging over him. When Democrats took the majority, Speaker Pelosi promised the most ‘open and ethical’ Congress in history. The Democrats’ vote today further confirms that promise was nothing but empty rhetoric. The American people deserve far better than this.”
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