going to put it under a congressional committee, under the house ethics committee. it sounds like a bureaucratic change, but what that means is there's no independent ethics oversight of congress. it means lawmakers themselves now get to police themselves for ethics. this means no ethics investigation information will have to be released to the public. they can police themselves now. nancy pelosi put out a statement on this tonight. quote, republicans claim they want to drain the swamp but the night before the new congress gets sworn in, the house gop has eliminated the only independent ethics oversight of their actions. evidently ethics are the first casualty of the republican congress. that news breaking in the last half hour. ed o'keefe, editor at "the washington post," happy new year. >> good to see you, rachel. >> and happy new congress. let me ask you about this