MIKE LILLIS, The Hill; House lawmakers clamoring for ethics reforms after wave of resignations
"The surge of House resignations this month has triggered calls from both parties for a broader overhaul of the ethics process and how the chamber polices its own.
While many lawmakers have welcomed the hasty departures of former Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.), their cases have also stirred up plenty of frustrations about Congress’s internal handling of allegations of misconduct and the pace of the Ethics Committee’s subsequent investigations.
Those frustrations are now morphing into specific calls to revamp the ethics process, with leaders in both parties joining the growing chorus of lawmakers eyeing ways to improve the chamber’s oversight machinery, particularly when it comes to empowering women to report allegations of sexual misconduct."
