That left the GOP-dominated Ethics Committee frustrated as they consider whether to recommend punishment of Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton.
Howard Fischer PHOENIX — Republicans on the House Ethics Committee sought to question a Tucson Democrat Thursday on her claim her decision to hide Bibles amounted to a joke and a peaceful protest.
"But I think it would have been more effective for her if she was here to give some light to some of our questions that were directed directly at her,'' Chaplik said after the hearing. 'Disingenuous'Rep. Travis Grantham, R-Gilbert, one of three Republicans on the five-member ethics panel, said during Thursday's hearing that the protest explanation doesn't ring true.
"They can't answer for her on any questions that were directed to her on her beliefs or her actions or any knowledge that she may have,'' he said."That would have been nice to have those answers today.''Grantham, for example, wanted to know whether Stahl Hamilton ever has stolen anything or been convicted of theft or shoplifting.
"I sit in those chairs,'' Heap continued."So now I have to deal with the question of, at some point while these Bibles were missing, was I sitting on my own sacred text?'' Beyond that, Rodriguez said Stahl Hamilton has described her actions as"a prank, a joke, it was done in jest.'' Republicans also sought to undermine Stahl Hamilton's arguments about her desire for a separation of church and state.
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