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Mike Johnson: “You cannot take a step forward against a member unless there…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Published | Video Starts at 24:21

And it's an important part of our constitutional system and traditions. And so our, our ability to do that in the House is governed by the bipartisan House Ethics Committee. You cannot take a step forward against a member unless there is a bipartisan vote. There's lots of safeguards in there for the due process. Sometimes it takes a long time. I'll note this with Sheriff Eliz McCormick, for example, who will have her, effectively her sentencing phase of that process today, that's a very rare thing. (24:21–24:26)

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Asserts that action against a member of Congress requires a bipartisan vote.

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