GINGRICH REPRIMANDED OVER USE OF INVESTOR AS ADVISER.Byline: The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times The House Ethics Committee ethics committee A multidisciplinary hospital body composed of a broad spectrum of personnel–eg, physicians, nurses, social workers, priests, and others, which addresses the moral and ethical issues within the hospital. See DNR, Institutional review board. gave Speaker Newt Gingrich the mildest of reprimands Friday for allowing a telecommunications investor to work as a volunteer adviser in his office. While telling the speaker that House rules were broken when the volunteer, Donald Jones Donald Jones (born January 24, 1932 in Harlem, New York; died November 5, 2004 in Amsterdam) was an actor and dancer. He moved to the Netherlands in 1954, where he found fame. He married Dutch actress Adèle Bloemendaal. Their son, John, (b. 1963), is an actor/comedian. , who has widespread cable television holdings, was allowed to serve as an adviser, the committee said no action needed to be taken. Jones, who told associates that he had been advising the speaker on telecommunications legislation, is no longer working in the office. Rep. George Miller George Miller may refer to:
Miller said, ``Hopefully, this ruling today will end the practice of having special-interest lobbyists masquerading as congressional staff, against the public interest.'' Tony Blankley, Gingrich's press secretary, issued a statement saying, ``We are gratified grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. that the committee has decided to take no action in the matter of Mr. Jones.'' Blankley added, ``This makes the 66th of 67 allegations against the speaker that the committee has determined requires no further action.'' In December, the committee found that Gingrich had improperly used a political consultant, Joe Gaylord, to conduct official business in his office and that he had improperly used televised sessions of the House to promote a political meeting as well as videotapes of a college course he taught. In both cases, the panel did no more than tell Gingrich not to do it again. |
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