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Hillary Scholten: “This legislation does not reflect a careful, bipartisan…”

Featuring: Hillary Scholten, Democratic | U.S. House Michigan, District 3

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Published | Video Starts at 01:33

Over the years, lawmakers from both parties have proposed different ways to strengthen those safeguards, which brings us to the bill on the House floor this week. Unfortunately, This legislation does not reflect a careful, bipartisan approach to the ethics reform we need. Instead, it leaves central questions unresolved. The bill allows members of Congress, their spouses, and their dependent children to continue benefiting from many existing investments. (01:33–01:39)

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Asserts that the legislation lacks a careful, bipartisan approach to ethics reform.

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