Ethics process in need of overhaul, panel member says: Urges tighter scrutiny, penalties for groundless complaints.(A)

From: The Washington Times | Date: January 24, 1997| Author: Blomquist, Brian | Copyright information

The House in the next few months aims to overhaul its ethics-review process by discouraging groundless complaints and weeding out weak charges before they gather political steam.

Pushing for change is Rep. Porter J. Goss, Florida Republican, who chaired the ethics subcommittee that just wrapped up a two-year probe of House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

The House reprimanded Mr. Gingrich on Tuesday and fined him $300,000 for sending the ethics panel inaccurate in...

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