Sean Duffy: “I don't know what my friends across the aisle have about maintaining a code of ethics or disclosing potential conflicts…”

“I don't know what my friends across the aisle have about maintaining a code of ethics or disclosing potential conflicts of interest or instituting an ombudsman to resolve issues that might come up. This is commonsense stuff. This is good governance, and I would encourage all of my friends across the aisle to join us. Mr. Speaker, I want to read one part of a letter that I received that I think embodies what is going on in corporate America. {time} 1400 I am not going to give the name of the company, but it says: Upon contacting ISS and seeking explanation on one of the recommendations, we were told there was a firewall between the ISS recommendation group and the ISS group that deals with corporate matters. Ultimately, we were advised that if we were willing to join ISS, which includes payment of a relatively substantial amount of money, we could have input in the recommendations before they were made. So, Mr. Speaker, pay for the input. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.”