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We must weed out corruption and build a strong system of justice that the people can trust.

Given the way some fought for the status quo when I authored the new Ethics Code and created the city's first Ethics Commission, we are going to need your strong support to get an even tougher Ethics Code passed this year.

We need, first of all, for there to be accountability, for there to be somebody who is responsible for enforcing standards and holding people's feet to the fire.

We have also set up the national institute for ethics. This institute and also the implementation of the national integrity plan, that will certainly do the follow up that is necessary for this.

We have to ensure we are aggressively enforcing existing laws.

As we enter into the 110th Congress, it is imperative that we address ethics reforms needed to make this institution run correctly.

We pass bills authorizing improvements and grants. But when it comes time to pay for these programs, we'd rather put the country's money toward tax breaks for the wealthy than for police officers who are protecting our communities.

I think the Justice Department needs to be the final protector of the people of the United States of America.

Now it's time to focus on basics for people in our neighborhoods... and real ethics reform at City Hall.

We need a Federal government that does what the government needs to do and stops doing what the government ought not to be doing.