CREW Statement on Rangel Stepping Down as Chairman
Washington, D.C. - CREW Executive Director Melanie Sloan stated today, “Given that he has been admonished by the notoriously lax House Ethics Committee and remains the subject of an investigation into many other ethics violations, it is appropriate that Rep. Rangel has -- at least temporarily -- stepped down from his position as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.”
Sloan continued, “Of course, this didn’t happen in a vacuum. Midterm elections are only eight months away and voters have made it abundantly clear that they care about ethics, even if members of Congress only pretend to. By forcing Rep. Rangel out, Democrats undercut Republican efforts to portray them as soft on ethics, the very strategy that returned Democrats to the majority in the 2006 elections.”
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) is a non-profit legal watchdog group dedicated to holding public officials accountable for their actions. For more information, please visit www.citizensforethics.org or contact David Merchant at 202.408.5565 or dmerchant@citizensforethics.org
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