Statement of the Chair and Ranking Republican Member to the House Regarding H. Res. 1193, H. Res. 1220, H. Res. 1255, and H. Res. 1287

Statement

Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California. Madam Speaker, I rise along with my colleague Congressman BONNER to provide, pursuant to Rule 7(g) of the Rules of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, a statement of the Chair and Ranking Republican Member regarding H. Res. 1193, H. Res. 1220, H. Res. 1255, and H. Res. 1287. The House has referred H. Res. 1193, H. Res. 1220, H. Res. 1255, and H. Res. 1287 to the Committee for its consideration. We acknowledge the referral of those resolutions. If adopted, the resolutions would have required the Committee to report to the House regarding aspects of its investigation “In the Matter of Allegations Relating to the Lobbying Activities of Paul Magliocchetti and Associates Group, Inc. (PMA).” Although the resolutions were not adopted, we are responding to expand further upon the Committee’s previous public statements regarding its investigation in this matter. The outside Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), after investigation, concluded that matters for five Members regarding the PMA matter should be dismissed. After review, the Committee concurred with the outside ethics office.

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

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