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Michigan House panel mulls 2 lawmakers’ fitness for office

Rep Cindy Gamrat, R-Plainwell, faces a large group of media as the House Select Committee on the Qualifications of Reps Courser and Gamrat meets in the House Appropriations room on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015, at the Capitol in Lansing, Mich. The committee held the first of several disciplinary hearings for two lawmakers, Republican Reps. Todd Courser and Gamrat, who are accused of misusing public resources to hide an extramarital affair. (Dale G. Young/The Detroit News via AP)
Rep Cindy Gamrat, R-Plainwell, faces a large group of media as the House Select Committee on the Qualifications of Reps Courser and Gamrat meets in the House Appropriations room on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015, at the Capitol in Lansing, Mich. The committee held the first of several disciplinary hearings for two lawmakers, Republican Reps. Todd Courser and Gamrat, who are accused of misusing public resources to hide an extramarital affair. (Dale G. Young/The Detroit News via AP)

By Associated Press 3 min read

LANSING, Mich. (AP) – A Michigan legislative committee on Tuesday held a disciplinary hearing for two conservative lawmakers accused of misusing public resources to hide an affair, including by sending a false, sexually explicit email claiming one of them had sex with a male prostitute.

A House Business Office report released Monday alleges that Republican Reps. Todd Courser of Lapeer and Cindy Gamrat of Plainwell were dishonest and violated House rules and campaign-finance laws.

The special six-member panel convened briefly Tuesday to adopt rules and more hearings are planned. It could recommend discipline including censure or expulsion from the House.

Gamrat, who attending the hearing with a lawyer, told reporters she came to let her colleagues know she wants “to be part of the solution moving forward … and get back to the business of the people of Michigan.”

Asked if she should still represent her district, she said: “I still believe it’s important to take responsibility for your actions, not to be held responsible for the actions of others, but for yours. … That’s for my voters to decide.”