{"id":1868,"date":"2024-10-31T17:43:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T21:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/rhode-island\/?post_type=press&p=1868"},"modified":"2024-10-31T17:43:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T21:43:44","slug":"common-cause-rhode-island-statement-responding-to-gov-mckee","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/rhode-island\/press\/common-cause-rhode-island-statement-responding-to-gov-mckee\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Cause Rhode Island Statement Responding to Gov. McKee"},"template":"","class_list":["post-1868","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":" \r\n\u201cCommon Cause Rhode Island doesn\u2019t need anyone\u2019s permission to hold power accountable. We continue to review the material produced by the State Police and the Attorney General and will decide in the coming days whether to file a complaint with the Rhode Island Ethics Commission.\"","featured_image":"","press_type":146,"authors":"","related_issues":[61,426,105],"related_work":false,"location":42},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Today Governor McKee held a news conference responding to the release of reports on the ILO Group investigation and gave Common Cause Rhode Island permission to file a complaint with the Rhode Island Ethics Commission.\u00a0<\/span>The following is a statement from John Marion, Common Cause Rhode Island Executive Director:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cCommon Cause Rhode Island doesn\u2019t need anyone\u2019s permission to hold power accountable. We continue to review the material produced by the State Police and the Attorney General and will decide in the coming days whether to file a complaint with the Rhode Island Ethics Commission.<\/span>\r\n\r\nWhether or not Common Cause Rhode Island files an ethics complaint, it\u2019s clear that the General Assembly needs to pass, and the governor needs to sign, legislation that prevents political interference with the bidding process. We are actively working on legislation that will give those bidding on business from the state confidence that they are competing on a level playing field.<\/span>\r\n\r\nRhode Island also needs to pass Common Cause Rhode Island\u2019s campaign finance legislation, first introduced in 2024, that tightens up the limits on in-kind contributions. We\u2019re working to beef up that legislation for the 2025 session and we will urge the General Assembly to pass it and the governor to sign it into law.<\/span>\r\n\r\nFinally, we need to look at how Governor McKee hired, but seemingly has not yet paid, the state\u2019s most powerful lobbyist, who is also the former Speaker of the House, to be his personal attorney. Everyday Rhode Islanders don\u2019t get legal representation based on a promise to pay.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n

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