text: Ethical legislative leadership (or leadership who wasn't completely tone deaf) would strongly discourage this committee assignment just because of the "optics" let alone the very real potential for undue or even unintentional  influence.  One of my  favorite bits of hypocrisy from the legislature is the conflict of interest ceremony they perform when, before a vote,  one of them dutifully declares a conflict of interest and then are "required" to vote.  You can't make this stuff up........