Probe Sought in Visclosky’s Ties to Lobbying Firm

A group of government watchdog groups said Thursday that the House ethics committee should investigate Hoosier congressman’s ties to a defense lobbying firm; the federal funding Rep. Pete Visclosky, D-1st, got for the firm’s clients; and the campaign donations Visclosky received from the firm, its employees and its clients.

There has been no official announcement that Visclosky is under legal scrutiny. However, late last year the FBI raided the suburban Washington offices of the now-defunct lobby firm, The PMA Group.

Democracy 21, Common Cause, Public Citizen and U.S. PIRG asked for the inquiry into Visclosky, Reps. John Murtha, D-Pa.; Jim Moran, D-Va., “and any other representative who the committee determines has been similarly involved with PMA.”

Read more: (Sylvia A. Smith, “Probe Sought in Hoosier Lawmaker’s Ties to Lobbying Firm,” The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, 4/30/09)