Statement of the Chair and Ranking Republican Member Regarding the Activities of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct for the First Half of the First Session of the 111th Congress

Statement

We write to update you about the activities of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct through the end of June 2009. Below we have included a table summarizing statistics relating to the Committee’s work through June 30, 2009, along with a brief summary of the Committee’s accomplishments through the end of June 2009. About the Committee The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct is tasked with interpreting and enforcing the House’s ethics rules. The Committee has sole jurisdiction over the interpretation of the Code of Official Conduct, which governs the acts of Members and staff. The Committee is the only standing House committee with equal numbers of Democratic and Republican members. The Committee’s staff is required by rule to be-and it is-professional and nonpartisan. Much, if not most, of the Committee’s work is conducted confidentially. Members and staff are, by and large, prohibited from discussing the Committee’s work. Confidentiality promotes compliance with the rules and, in the investigative context, permits the Committee to independently investigate matters fully without interference or undue influence.

Documents

• Statement on ethics.house.gov
• Document 1 (PDF)

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• All House ethics statements