Steve Buyer: “some in the minority are obsessed with the vanity of power and they will hatchet the ethics process and people. I have…”

“some in the minority are obsessed with the vanity of power and they will hatchet the ethics process and people. I have taken down some of the words used here tonight by the minority: tarnish, gutted, subverted, destroyed, flawed, violated. What are they talking about? I am unceasingly amazed and gravely disturbed by the torrent of darkness caused by what I will refer to as false prophets of justice engaged in ignominious conduct. It is called the politicalization of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, and it is wrong. I have been a victim of a vicious political attack and gone before the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. I will assure Members, having been brought before the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, and I was fortunately cleared by unanimous vote, but when another Member wants to make a partisan attack and go before the committee, that is wrong. So we are engaged in this session to clarify it. I supported the changes. Mr. Speaker, to the American people, what are we talking about: the right to counsel, due process, notification, bipartisanship. That is what I demand. That is what I want, and I am going to vote against this.”