Who the hell is Patrick McHenry, McCarthy's temporary successor to the House speaker's seat?

"Since taking over the Financial Services Committee in January, McHenry has received at least $140,000 from executives at private equity firms, hedge funds, and venture capital firms, as well as from their spouses.

While McHenry is ostensibly the financial industry’s chief regulator in Congress, he has instead acted as its top booster."

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McHenry has also looked to stymie efforts at the SEC to require public companies to disclose the risks that climate change poses to their businesses, complaining in a letter to SEC Chairman Gary Gensler that the agency “has chosen to flout the democratic process and pursue its progressive social agenda through the promulgation of this extraordinarily expansive climate disclosure rule.”
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#RuleOfLaw #AccountabilityMatters #JusticeMatters #GOP #GOPSwamp #LootingAmerica #DefraudingAmerica #Corruption #Bribery #IndustryLobby #McHenry #CorruptSpeaker #SEC #FinancialServices #Banking

Swamp Thing

Republicans’ temporary speaker, Patrick McHenry, received 90 percent of his campaign cash this year from lobbyists and industries he regulates — and only $856 from small donors.

The Lever
GOP Chair James Comer Wants to Probe PPP Program—He Might Start at Home

New GOP Oversight Chairman James Comer wants to go after PPP loan abuse. He may need to look inside his own family.

The Daily Beast
Rep. George Santos says he won't serve on House committees while investigations are ongoing

Santos informed GOP lawmakers during a closed-door conference meeting that "he's not accepting the committee assignments until things get cleared up."

CNBC
@SAWYNNE1 @GTinNC excellent question/point. Either way, #NY & USA are being defrauded. #GOPswamp 🐀 #GeorgeWho #georgescamtos and/or #AnthonyDevolder needs to go ASAP! #SantosIsAFraud #GOPThreatToDemocracy
@MeidasTouch anyone else wonder how #MarjorieTaylorGreene got so far so fast in #GOPswamp ? She was at the December insurrection planning meeting at the WH before she was even sworn in. Something smells fishy about #MTG.

@GeoffWilbourn @StevenBeschloss

The self-fulfilling prophecy of CONservative governMENt: RepubliCONS claim government is the problem… and when elected, they prove it.

#GOPcorruptionOverCountry #GOPDomesticTerrorists #GOPswamp

Great news for #seditionists, #traitors, #fraudsters & all criminals…

The same RepubliCONS referred by the #Jan6Committee to the independent #HouseEthics Committee, voted to gut the House Ethics Committee, defund the #IRS, investigate the #FBI & #USMilitary

#TRE45ONcaucus #TeamTRE45ON #goptraitors #GOPswamp

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-republicans-voted-to-gut-the-house-ethics-committee-and-george-santos-said-it-was-fantastic/ar-AA169rP9

House Republicans voted to gut the House Ethics Committee, and George Santos said it was 'fantastic'

"It's a good thing for transparency, it's a good thing for Americans," Santos said of rule changes that advocates warn will hobble the ethics body.

MSN