christian grantham
Christian Grantham was a student activist in the late 90s and later was a consultant to domestic policy forums for the Clinton Administration as well as events for HRC and GLAAD.
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March 15, 2005

Nancy Pelosi says

Washington, D.C. -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on the privileged resolution on ethics that she introduced on the House floor. The resolution asked the Speaker to create a bipartisan task force to make recommendations to restore public confidence in the ethics process. The Republicans moved to table, or kill the resolution, without debate. Only one Republican, Rep. Joel Hefley of Colorado, former Chairman of the Ethics Committee who was purged from the committee this year, joined all Democrats in voting against the motion to table. Below is Pelosi's statement:

"Today, the Republicans dealt a blow to the ethical standards of the House by voting to declare their allegiance to the ethical standards of Tom DeLay.

"This resolution, however, was not about the Majority Leader personally, but about the ethics rules that have been gutted to protect him. Until now, there had always been a strong bipartisan effort on the Ethics Committee to uphold a high ethical standard in the House. But this year, the ethics rules were written solely by the Republican leadership, to protect one Member.

"That is unacceptable and Democrats will not take part in a fraudelent ethics process. We must restore the integrity of the ethics process and regain the confidence of the American people."
[Pelosi: 'Today, Republicans Dealt a Blow to Ethical Standards of the House' - 03-15-05]