Stewart Issues Statement on the Adoption of House Resolution 69

COLUMBUS –The Ohio House of Representatives today adopted House Resolution 69, legislation sponsored by State Representatives Brian Stewart (R-Ashville) and Mark Fraizer (R-Newark) to expel Representative Larry Householder. Stewart issued the following statement regarding the resolution:

“I filed this Resolution because I believe the reputation of this House is at stake. I was raised to believe that honesty, integrity, and character were essential traits for every citizen, but especially for those of us who seek to be entrusted with the responsibility of leadership as elected officials. In public service, how we do things matters just as much as what we do.”

“Representative Householder, the immediate past Speaker of the House, continued to occupy a seat in the House, collecting a taxpayer-funded salary of more than $65,000. He was empowered to introduce and vote on legislation, all while he is under federal indictment for selling legislation as part of a $60 million bribery, racketeering, and money laundering scheme that has been admitted to by 3 of his co-defendants. As a result of these guilty pleas, the crimes at issue here are not merely allegations anymore, they are admitted facts, in open court.

“I’m proud to have sponsored H.R. 69, which has now been passed in the House with a vote of 75-21. Ohioans no longer have to wait for fair representation in the People’s House.”