Prof. Painter Discusses Obama's Ethics Proposals

Professor Richard W. Painter participated in a segment of the Patt Morrison public affairs talk show on KPCC, Southern California Public Radio, entitled "Ethics in the House." Together with political philosophy professor Dennis Thompson, founding director of Harvard's Center for Ethics, Painter discussed the Obama administration's newly announced intention to put new restrictions on lobbyists and increase access to information. Painter was chief ethics counsel for President Bush in 2005-07 and is the author of Getting the Government America Deserves: How Ethics Reform Can Make a Difference, released this month by Oxford University Press.

Audio of the program "Ethics in the House" is available online at the SCPR.org website under the listing for Wednesday, Jan. 21.