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Black Lawmakers under Ethics Spotlight

November 8, 2009) - Are seven investigations too many to be a coincidence? Full Article at New America Media

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  1. I haven’t heard anything back from her ... They made mincemeat of our records and there’s no recourse for us. We have a right to be treated with the same sort of professionalism that we treat our own office documents and staff.
    – Marcy Kaptur SOURCE: The Hill 3 weeks ago
  2. I want to know who this low-level staffer is, exactly who she answers to and why this happened ... I want her to testify under oath, and I want to know if this was purposeful or not … I don’t know that this wasn’t done on purpose.
    – Marcy Kaptur SOURCE: The Hill 3 weeks ago
  3. There were a lot of people saying the ethics committee isn’t doing anything ... They have been emphatically disabused of that notion. The reports have indicated they’re doing their job.
    – Steny Hoyer SOURCE: The Hill 4 weeks ago
  4. Congress will protect its own, no matter what
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