'La bonne cuisine est la base du véritable bonheur.' - Auguste Escoffier
(Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Posted on 05/17/2005 4:49:48 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Pelosi: American People Are Paying the Price for Erosion of Ethical Standards
5/17/2005 5:37:00 PM
To: National Desk
Contact: Brendan Daly or Jennifer Crider, 202-226-7616, both of the Office of House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
WASHINGTON, May 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Rep. George Miller of California, chair of the Democratic Policy Committee, held a news conference in the Capitol today to discuss the need for ethics reform in the House of Representatives, including an outright ban on gifts from lobbyists to Members of Congress. Below are Pelosi's remarks:
"We're here to talk about setting a new ethical standard for the House of Representatives. When I came to my position as House Democratic Leader, I brought my strong credential as one who served on the Ethics Committee for six years and then a seventh year as a member of the bi-partisan task force, which rewrote the ethics rules.
"The American people want, they expect, and indeed they deserve, Congress to function in a way that meets a high ethical standard. I do not believe that that is the case now.
"A high ethical standard is its own reason for being. It's the right thing to do. When the erosion of that ethical standard has an impact on public policy, the American people pay the price. They pay the price at the pump when energy lobbyists write the energy bill, they pay a high price for medicine when the pharmaceutical industry helps write the prescription drug bill, and they pay a high price when the Congress of the United States serves the special interest and not the public interest.
"I'm here as House Democratic Leader today to talk about a new ethical standard for the House of Representatives,
(Excerpt) Read more at releases.usnewswire.com ...
The pot calling the kettle black.
I thought this was Scrappleface at first!
Breaking news, pot calls kettle black.
Me thinks she kills her own extra bank account monies!! hehehe
Fox smells her butt first!!!
Speaking from the steps of the California statehouse brothel, Nan-Po-Hung-lo, aka Madam Nancy Pelosi, again leveled grave charges against Boy Scouts and Celibate Nuns.....
Yes, witch, it started when all of you defended the sexual appetite of Bill Clinton in the oval office and his lying under oath. It started when everything Clinton and "his wife" did was called nothing more than "Clinton hating". SHUT UP, Mrs. Botox! You protected and excused the most UNETHICAL administration in the history of the country.
Ethics is something unknown to Dems. What gaul!
How about that, Nancy has a credential, I wondered
why they let her in up there, it sure wasn't because
she is eye candy.
Yee gads!!!
Baby, if you're talking about the damage caused by lower standards of ethics, are you ever playing for the wrong team!
'La bonne cuisine est la base du véritable bonheur.' - Auguste Escoffier
(Good food is the foundation of genuine happiness.)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Of course Pelosi Lugosi's face is in permanent stasis.
They aren't winning the PR.
Infact, DElay's approval has increased.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1404487/posts
Nancy should know.
She rushed out and accused DeLay of everything but the Valentine's Day Massacre and then we learned that she had done the same things she accused Tom of doing ... only, predictably, she was dumber, Tom had at least filed the proper paperwork.
It isn't just that we don't like their politics - they just aren't smart enough to run the country in these dangerous times.
I hope this was an intentional pun and not just a typo. :^)
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