Speaker Silver Welcomes JCOPE Investigation I would welcome a JCOPE investigation, as a JCOPE inquiry would supersede any co nfidentiality

agreements that exist and allow all of the facts to come out. Tho se facts will show that any decision by the Assembly to enter into any settlemen t agreement was both legal and ethical and made out of deference to the wishes o f the complainants. In addition the Assembly has written to counsel in any prev ious settlement asking for a release from any confidentiality clauses that may e xist so that we can legally and properly release to the public all information r elating to any settlement and how it was reached.