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Republicans put term limits on the members of the and 

I think you accidentally a [pretty crucial] word there
The ethics panel that lost its funding? Or am I thinking of a different part of the House? >

Woah.  The game of Internet telephone is strong on this one.  The Ethics Committee actually hasn't changed at all and nothing was defunded.  The changes were made to the Office of Congressional Ethics, which is an independent office established in 2008.  Remember: EC and OCE.  EC and OCE.  What the OCE does is provide an additional, more public resource for ethics investigations.  The OCE will take referrals from the public, do its own investigations, release them to the public, and make referrals to the House Ethics Committee.
And the change made was that Republicans put term limits on the members of the and instituted a rule that new staff can only be appointed in the first 30 days of a congressional term.  This will have a significant impact on the membership of the OCE and probably limit their activity.  Republicans also changed the rules to allow the public to submit complaints to the Ethics Committee.
But as far as George Santos goes, this will have a minimal effect because that's already been referred to the Ethics Committee, which is evenly staffed by Democrats and Republicans.  So, we've already reached the end goal of an OCE investigation.