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For Immediate Release
09/04/2007
Pelosi and Reid: Congress Sends President Bush Landmark Ethics, Lobbying Bill to Change How Washington Does Business
Washington,
DC—Speaker Nancy Pelosi and
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made the following statement today upon
sending the Ethics and Lobbying Reform bill to President Bush for his
signature:
“Democrats continue to deliver on our promises to the American
people, as today Congress sends the President the toughest ethics and lobbying
reform in generations. We are pleased
that the President has now signaled that he will join us in giving the American
people a government as good and honest as the people it represents by signing
this legislation that independent reform groups have hailed as a landmark bill.
“This bill will significantly reform the way business gets
done in Washington. It prohibits gifts and travel from lobbyists
and companies that hire lobbyists, puts an end to pay-to-play schemes like the
Republican K Street Project, dramatically increases public disclosure of the
activities of lobbyists, slows the revolving door between Congress and the
lobbying world, requires transparency in the earmark process, and increases
penalties for corrupt politicians and lobbyists. The American people are sick and tired of the
corruption that has plagued this city for the past six years, and we look
forward to the President quickly enacting this sorely needed reform upon his
return to Washington.”