Congressman Michael Guest issued the following statement.
Today, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy announced that Congressman Michael Guest (MS-03) has been chosen to serve as Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Ethics.
“It’s necessary that the People’s House maintain the ethical standards of the people who elected us,” Congressman Guest said. “I’m honored to lead the committee that will maintain the level of integrity that the American people expect from their Representatives.”
“I’m proud to reappoint Michael Guest to the Ethics Committee. As Chair, he will work to maintain standards and restore the integrity of this institution. He will put the mission of the People’s House above all else and will help deliver transparency to the American people,” said Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
The Committee on Ethics is a bipartisan committee comprised of 10 total members — five Republicans and five Democrats. The committee provides mandatory ethics trainings for Members and those employed at the House of Representatives, investigates alleged violations of the House rules by Members, officers, and staff, and reviews financial disclosure statements filed by Members, candidates, senior staff, and shared staff.
Following the untimely passing of former-Ranking Member Jackie Walorski, Congressman Guest was appointed to serve as acting Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics on August 19, 2022. He transitioned into the acting Chairman role when Republicans took control of the majority in the 118th Congress.
28 comments:
If ethics were a requirement, most of the Congress-critters would have been kicked out years ago.
Don't go writin' hot checks down in Mississippi. . .
The Ethics Committee exists to make the sheeple believe that the Congress-Critters are actually policing themselves.
If the Congress-Critters didn't have double standards, they wouldn't have any standards at all.
OK Guest, as a former Rankin-Madison DA, NO BLESSINGS!
He can get started with Santos right away.
That Denver Soday guy that always comments on his(Guest's) Facebook page is going to have an aneurism after hearing this!
Ethics, ethics, we don't need no stinking ethics.
Bennies right hand man over ethics, this ought to be exciting!
"It’s necessary that the People’s House maintain the ethical standards of the people who elected us..."
Well, hell, that's the problem. Heretofore, neither the house nor the people who elected 'us', had a decent notion of ethical standards.
Actually George Santos has been chosen permanent chairman of the Ethics Committee. Just ask him.
4:42
You nailed it ! Him and D Drane !!
Charlie Wilson was on the ethics committee. He said he was on it “to represent the other side”, at least he was honest, something sorely lacking in D.C.
Michael’s a good pick. It is a thankless job, however.
"Tip O'Neil"... now that's too dang funny!!!
But funnier still is that Michael doesn't have a clue (or didn't before he got there) who Tip O'Neil is/was.
Political ethics…..if there was ever an oxy…mo…ron…..
Ah yes, Mister ethics Michael I won't Fund Planned Parenthood when I'm elected [but voted to fund Planned Parenthood] Guest
"In statesmanship get formalities right, never mind about the moralities", Mark Twain.
Speaker McCarthy:
"I’m proud to reappoint Michael Guest to the Ethics Committee. As Chair, he will work to maintain standards and restore the integrity of this institution. He will put the mission of the People’s House above all else and will help deliver transparency to the American people.”
Interpreter of Horseshit:
"He knows how to quietly play the game without making any trouble."
@ 4:14 PM Just a play out of the democratic playbook. Joe Biden was on full academic scholarship and finished first in his class, beat up Corn Pod and if it hadn't been for that danged ole Roger Staubach he would have won the Heisman Trophy.
4:42 - I have no particular issue with Guest. I'm a conservative republican. We do have a way, though, of electing Casper Milquetoast characters, don't we?
Wasn't the former holder of this seat head of this same committee, yet was impotent in the execution of committee duties?
It's a silly committee with no real work being done, no power, no teeth and typically ignored and chuckled at by the membership.
Sorta like 'Keeper of the Congressional Flower-Bed Rules and Regulations'.
Mike is the right guy.
Oh the hypocrisy of democracy
Let's start the clock to see how long it takes him to investigate Rep. Santos.
2:42 - Can you imagine him checking Cindy in the other chamber to test the waters before acting? And then checking with the Niknar Breakfast Roundable to feel the pulse of 'thu peepul'?
The hypocrisy of this is hilarious.
4:43 - The Niknar Breakfast RoundTable members are busily trying to figure out which ones of them are the most useful tools.
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