Member of Congress Tied to Illicit HSUS Lobbying Practices to Resign

By Duncan Johnson

Kentucky –-(Ammoland.com)- Congressman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) announced last week he will officially resign from his U.S. House seat which he has held since 1995 when Congress returns September 6 2016.

Whitfield was strongly rebuked by the House Ethics Committee on July 14, 2016 for the special access and treatment accorded his wife, Constance Harriman, a registered lobbyist for the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS).

While not recommending Whitfield’s censure by the full House, the committee’s rebuke was strongly worded and exposed HSUS’s comfort with slip-shod lobbying practices and its willingness to skirt Congressional rules.

The committee issued the rebuke after a review of 140,000 documents. Included in the committee’s report were 743 references to the HSUS and the Humane Society Legislative Fund. HSUS is well known for its opposition to hunting and for collaborating with fanatical, far-left causes favored by Hollywood and media elites.

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