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Hoyer Statement on Republican Attacks on the Office of Government Ethics

Statement

Date: Jan. 13, 2017
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Executive Branch Legislative Branch

House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today in response to Republican attacks against the head of the Office of Government Ethics, after he criticized President-Elect Trump's refusal to divest himself of business holdings:

"Instead of launching a partisan retaliatory attack against our government's nonpartisan ethics watchdog, Republicans in Congress ought to be insisting that the President-Elect abide by the highest standards of ethics and take steps to prevent conflicts of interest from casting a dark cloud over his presidency. The Office of Government Ethics must be allowed to do its job, free from political interference. Only by fully divesting himself of corporate ownership and other business interests can the President-Elect enter into the highest office of public trust in our country -- indeed, the world -- free from the stain of questionable financial entanglements. The President of the United States must be, without question, beholden only to the American people and serving purely in the public interest."


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