WLRN Public Media | By Tim Padgett
COMMENTARY Florida U.S. Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick’s resignation leaves Haitian-Americans with no presence in Congress — and a bigger need to get serious about filling the void.
This might sound like an insensitive point, but it’s an important one:
In terms of Haitian and Haitian-American interests, South Florida U.S. Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick picked a relatively harmless moment to leave Congress when she resigned her seat under a cloud of corruption allegations this week.
Facing a House Ethics Committee vote on a raft of misconduct charges against her — not to mention federal indictment — Cherfilus-McCormick opted to quit.
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