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" ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 113TH CONGRESS

1st Session 

REPORT

2013

113–256 

House Calendar No. 70 

IN THE MATTER REGARDING 

THE ARRESTS OF MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE 

DURING A PROTEST OUTSIDE THE 

UNITED STATES CAPITOL 

ON OCTOBER 8, 2013 

R E P O R T 

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON ETHICS 

OCTOBER 30, 2013.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

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COMMITTEE ON ETHICS 

K. MICHAEL CONAWAY, Texas 

Chairman 

CHARLES W. DENT, Pennsylvania 

PATRICK MEEHAN, Pennsylvania 

TREY GOWDY, South Carolina 

SUSAN W. BROOKS, Indiana 

LINDA T. SA ́ NCHEZ, California 

Ranking Member 

PEDRO R. PIERLUISI, Puerto Rico 

MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts 

YVETTE D. CLARKE, New York 

TED DEUTCH, Florida 

REPORT STAFF 

DANIEL A. SCHWAGER, Chief Counsel/Staff Director 

THOMAS A. RUST, Acting Director of Investigations 

JACKIE M. BARBER, Counsel to the Chairman 

DANIEL J. TAYLOR, Counsel to the Ranking Member 

MIGUEL TORUN ̃ O, Senior Counsel 

BRITTANY M. BOHREN, Investigative Clerk 


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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON ETHICS, 

Washington, DC, October 30, 2013. 

Hon. KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk, House of Representatives, 

Washington, DC. 

DEAR MS. HAAS: Pursuant to clauses 3(a)(2) and 3(b) of Rule XI 

of the Rules of the House of Representatives, we herewith transmit 

the attached report, ‘‘In the Matter Regarding the Arrests of Members of the House During a Protest Outside the United States Capitol on October 8, 2013.’’ 

Sincerely, 

K. MICHAEL CONAWAY, 

Chairman. 

LINDA T. SA ́ NCHEZ, 

Ranking Member. 


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113TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 113–256 

IN THE MATTER REGARDING THE ARRESTS OF MEMBERS 

OF THE HOUSE DURING A PROTEST OUTSIDE THE 

UNITED STATES CAPITOL ON OCTOBER 8, 2013 

OCTOBER 30, 2013 

Mr. CONAWAY, 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 113th Congress by H. Res. 5, Section 4(e) 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 October 30, 2013, the Committee convened for the purpose of 

considering the arrest on October 8, 2013, of Representatives Joseph Crowley, Keith Ellison, Al Green, Rau ́l M. Grijalva, Luis V. 

Gutie ́rrez, John Lewis, Charles B. Rangel, and Jan Schakowsky in 

Washington, D.C., for blocking passage. Each of the Representatives forfeited a $50.00 collateral payment, whereupon the charges 

against them were dropped. Therefore, the local proceedings related to these arrests are now resolved. 

The Committee voted against empanelling an investigative subcommittee regarding this matter. The Committee considered the 

scope and nature of the conduct of the Members described above 

and determined that review by an investigative subcommittee is 

not required in this matter. 

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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