Bipartisan Ethics Committee Launches Investigation Of House Page Program Allegations

Statement

The House Ethics Committee today launched a full-scale investigation regarding any conduct of House Members, officers and staff related to information concerning improper conduct involving Members and current and former pages. The investigation will be led personally by the committee’s chairman, Rep. Doc Hastings of Washington, and its ranking minority member, Rep. Howard L. Berman of California. The next most senior members of the Ethics Committee, Rep. Judy Biggert of Illinois and Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio will also serve on the investigative subcommittee established today. “The American people, and especially the parents of all current and former Pages, are entitled to know how this situation was handled and we are determined to answer their questions,” said Hastings and Berman in a joint statement made following a meeting of the full Ethics Committee. The Ethics Committee, officially titled the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, met for several hours Thursday morning before voting to establish the investigative subcommittee.

Documents

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

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• All House ethics statements