[DeLay released a statement saying he would] accept the committee's guidance. ... manipulating the ethics process in pursuit of his personal vendetta.

I filed the ethics complaint against Tom DeLay not because I'm a Democrat and he's a Republican or even because he drew me out of my congressional seat but because he engaged in corruption to further his plans to disenfranchise voters in Texas.

Packing the Ethics Committee with DeLay loyalists further immunizes the Republican congressional leadership not just from the Democrats but also from democracy.

Ethics in government has always been important to me.

I filed the ethics complaint against Tom DeLay not because I'm a Democrat and he's a Republican or even because he drew me out of my congressional seat but because he engaged in corruption to further his plans to disenfranchise voters in Texas.

What's troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process.