All three were sentenced to jail time for their crimes, which were brought to light by external law enforcement investigations, instead of internal ethics complaints. With the ethical blemishes on the Senate, Roth started a review of how people can file complaints for misconduct. He proposed creating an ombudsman position — one person who could field the more informal complaints, including oral and anonymous ones. The Senate ultimately created an ombudsman position in June 2014, but it differed from Roth’s proposal in several respects. While the ombudsman is supposed to be a channel for public complaints, information about him is hard to find.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 30, 2017 06:56 UTC