Congressman Joseph Bruno was the chairmen on the The House Reform and Government Oversight Committee that investigated actions of White House staffers during the Leo McGarry drug addiction and Jed Bartlet MS Scandals. He makes a deal with Sam Seaborn and Josh Lyman to prevent the release of a damaging sex education report. He takes the time to specifically call out Seaborn and Lyman's actions for being 'stupid' and 'close to perjury'.