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Martin Hoke: “As the Ethics Committee prepares its recommendations to the full House, it should release only the information which the…”

On the recordSeptember 18, 1996
As the Ethics Committee prepares its recommendations to the full House, it should release only the information which the committee agrees is relevant and necessary to support its findings. To ask a Member, any Member, to also respond in the court of public opinion to allegations, rumors and innuendo not deemed worthy of charge by the Committee would be totally unfair and a perversion of the process. Especially in a time of press sensationalism. Public release of material not germane to formal Committee action would be similar to the process used during the Joe McCarthy era: Ignore the discipline of due process and firm evidence, and dump unproven allegations out in public and let the ensuing publicity destroy the person's reputation and career.
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Martin Hoke
Republican · Ohio
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Editor's note · Context

Addressing concerns about the fairness of the Ethics Committee's process regarding public allegations.

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