[House Report 112-710]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
House Calendar No. 172
112th Congress } { Report
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 112-710
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IN THE MATTER OF
REPRESENTATIVE TIM RYAN
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R E P O R T
of the
COMMITTEE ON ETHICS
December 20, 2012.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
COMMITTEE ON ETHICS
JO BONNER, Alabama, LINDA T. SANCHEZ, California,
Chairman Ranking Member
MICHAEL T. McCAUL, Texas JOHN A. YARMUTH, Kentucky
K. MICHAEL CONAWAY, Texas DONNA F. EDWARDS, Maryland
CHARLES W. DENT, Pennsylvania PEDRO R. PIERLUISI, Puerto Rico
GREGG HARPER, Mississippi 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
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
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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. Sanchez,
Ranking Member.
Calendar No. 172
112th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 112-710
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IN THE MATTER OF REPRESENTATIVE TIM RYAN
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December 20, 2012.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
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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.
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.