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" ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

112TH CONGRESS

2d Session 

REPORT

2012

112–710 

House Calendar No. 172 

IN THE MATTER OF 

REPRESENTATIVE TIM RYAN 

R E P O R T 

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON ETHICS 

DECEMBER 20, 2012.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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COMMITTEE ON ETHICS 

JO BONNER, Alabama, 

Chairman 

MICHAEL T. MCCAUL, Texas 

K. MICHAEL CONAWAY, Texas 

CHARLES W. DENT, Pennsylvania 

GREGG HARPER, Mississippi 

LINDA T. SA ́ NCHEZ, California, 

Ranking Member 

JOHN A. YARMUTH, Kentucky 

DONNA F. EDWARDS, Maryland 

PEDRO R. PIERLUISI, Puerto Rico 

JOE COURTNEY, Connecticut 

REPORT STAFF

DANIEL A. SCHWAGER, Chief Counsel/Staff Director 

DEBORAH SUE MAYER, Director of Investigations 

KELLE A. STRICKLAND, Counsel to the Chairman 

DANIEL J. TAYLOR, Counsel to the Ranking Member 

CLIFFORD C. STODDARD, JR., Senior Counsel 

BRITTANY BOHREN, Investigative Clerk 


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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON ETHICS, 

Washington, DC, December 20, 2012. 

Hon. KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk, House of Representatives, 

Washington, DC. 

DEAR MS. HAAS: In accordance with H. Res. 451, adopted on 

June 5, 2007, and extended in the 112th Congress by H. Res. 5, 

Section 4(d) and Rule 18(e)(2) of the Committee on Ethics, we herewith transmit the attached Report, ‘‘In the Matter of Representative Tim Ryan.’’ 

Sincerely, 

JO BONNER, 

Chairman. 

LINDA T. SA ́ NCHEZ, 

Ranking Member. 


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Calendar No. 172 

112TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 112–710 

IN THE MATTER OF REPRESENTATIVE TIM RYAN 

DECEMBER 20, 2012.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. BONNER, from the Committee on Ethics, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

In accordance with H. Res. 451, adopted on June 5, 2007, and extended in the 112th Congress by H. Res. 5, Section 4(d) and Rule 

18(e)(2) of the Committee on Ethics (Committee), the Committee 

hereby submits the following Report to the House of Representatives: 

I. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION 

On December 19, 2012, the Committee convened for the purpose 

of considering the charge issued against Representative Tim Ryan 

on August 25, 2012, for public intoxication. On December 4, 2012, 

the matter was tried in the Rockbridge County General District 

Court, Lexington, Virginia. Representative Ryan was found not 

guilty and the charge was dismissed. 

After first learning of the matter in December 2012, the Committee engaged in its own fact finding pursuant to Committee Rule 

18(a). After considering the scope and nature of Representative 

Ryan’s alleged conduct and the disposition noted above, the Committee unanimously determined that review by an investigative 

subcommittee is not required, and therefore voted against 

empanelling an investigative subcommittee regarding this matter. 

Furthermore, while the Committee is never bound by the disposition of a criminal matter, after completing its own review of the allegations, the Committee believes that the handling of this matter 

by local authorities is sufficient given the facts of the matter. 

Therefore, unless additional information is brought to the Committee’s attention which warrants further action, the Committee will 

consider this matter closed. 


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II. STATEMENT UNDER RULE XIII, CLAUSE 3(c) OF THE 

RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

The Committee made no special oversight findings in this report. 

No budget statement is submitted. No funding is authorized by any 

measure in this report. 

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