The Politics of Ethics Past Committee Chairman: House Ethics Not Contradictory Terms June 13, 2021 – The former Republican chairman of the U.S. House Ethics Committee found most members honest but recalls the greatest hit list of our generation’s most ridiculous congressional scandals. Former U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania also admonished House Trump supporters for blocking the establishment of a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and Trump’s attempt to overthrow the government. “I thought Congress should have enacted an independent, bipartisan commission to investigate the events of Jan. 6 that led up it, the day of the event, including the actions of the president,” Dent said. “I think it was a mistake that one was not established.”