Senate Leadership
May 30, 2008
Williams and Looney Agree With Governor Rell — Don’t Give Up on Ethics
Senate President Donald E. Williams, Jr. and Majority Leader Martin Looney offer statement on ethics negotiations
"Senate Democrats and Gov. Rell continue to agree on not only the need for comprehensive ethics reform, but also on the specifics of legislation. We must enact stronger laws which include pension revocation for public officials and employees who steal from taxpayers, and we must do it now."
"Senate Democrats announced in December 2007 their commitment to a sweeping ethics package and have been working with Republicans and Democrats to help pass it into law. We are pleased that the Co-Chairs of the Government Administration and Elections (GAE) Committee are meeting in an effort to work out differences over the ethics package and to help enact a compromise, which we would support being included in the upcoming special session."
"It is odd that House Minority Leader Laurence Cafero would criticize the fact that the Co-Chairs are talking, when just weeks ago he claimed that the lack of communication between them was standing in the way of an ethics bill. It now appears some House Republicans are more interested in scoring petty political points than in actually seeing something get passed. Gov. Rell is not quibbling about perceived snubs--she, like us, just wants action. Once again legislative Republicans are out of touch with their own governor."
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