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Public commenters press committee on free-speech and ethics; members reiterate relevance rules
Summary
Public commenters raised free-speech concerns and urged stronger ethics provisions. Committee members affirmed First Amendment protections but reminded speakers to keep remarks relevant to the agenda and signaled continued review of ethics options.
Multiple members of the public used the committee’s public comment periods on Jan. 21 to press for clarity about free-speech limits in virtual meeting settings and to urge ethics reforms.
Early in the meeting, Wanda Buck asked whether the committee would address ethics. Committee members responded that ethics-related topics are on subcommittee agendas and thanked Buck for her input.…
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