"A Northern California congressman has renewed his targeting of acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt with the introduction of a new ethics reform bill.
Calling Bernhardt the "poster child of corruption in the Trump administration," Democratic Rep. Jared Huffman yesterday unveiled a measure that would increase lobbying reporting requirements and impose stricter "revolving door" limits, among other measures.
"Congress must hold the executive branch accountable, and the law should not allow a walking conflict of interest like David Bernhardt to participate in the same agency decisions that he was recently paid to influence as a lobbyist," Huffman said in a statement.
And in other variations on the theme, the private watchdog group Campaign for Accountability today filed a complaint with congressional officials alleging Bernhardt may have violated the Lobbying Disclosure Act, while lawmakers sought more information from one of his past clients."
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