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Reform Groups Call for Overhaul of House "Effectively Dead" Oversight Process

On March 2, 2004, Public Citizen and seven other government reform and watchdog groups called on the US House of Representatives to overhaul its oversight process, which, thanks to a "truce" between the parties, has been effectively dead for seven years.

Click here for the joint press release.

Click here for the statement of Craig Holman, Public Citizen's Legislative Representative.

Among the ethics scandals highlighted by Public Citizen that have been ignored by the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct:

• The Westar bribery scandal
• Rep. Billy Tauzin's (R-La.) questionable negotiations with PhRMA for post-Congressional work while still in Congress.

March 4, 2004

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