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Article: REP. SLAUGHTER ADDRESSES 'CORROSIVE ETHICS CRISIS' DURING THIRD RULES COMMITTEE ETHICS REFORM HEARING

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March 30, 2006
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Rep. Louise M. Slaughter, D-N.Y. (28th CD), issued the following press release:

Rep. Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY-28), Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee, today addressed the House Ethics Committee during the body's third hearing on Congressional ethics reform.

"The ethical crisis confronting us in this House is truly corrosive," Rep. Slaughter said. "It has become the subtext for every issue we face in Washington - and Americans are suffering as a result."

"Our Congress now operates without any oversight of the ethical quality of its Members, even though serious ethical violations have become commonplace here," Rep. Slaughter said. "Our Ethics Committee has gone the way of our House ...

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