ethics. critics of the ethics panel say it has overreached in its pursuit of headlines. and the gop conference voted 119-74 to make the changes. >> i support it just because i think it's, first of all, i think it's duplicate, but at the very least, in my view, it requires greater oversight than it has. >> reporter: a top trump adviser said earlier in the day that the panel needed to be overhauled. >> there's also been an overzealousness in some of the processes o es overs years. we don't want people wrongly accusing, don't want people mired in months if not years of ethical complaint review. >> reporter: yet the proposal put republicans in an awkward spot. with some refusing to say if they wanted to weaken the panel. did you vote for that? >> that was a voice vote, it was not a recorded vote. quite frankly, i sat there and observed. >> reporter: now, wolf, the reason why that congressman