A Rule 18(a) investigation allows the committee to “consider any information in its possession indicating that a Member, officer, or employee may have committed a violation of the Code of Official Conduct or any law, rule, regulation, or other standard of conduct” and authorizes the chairman and ranking member to “gather additional information concerning such an alleged violation by a Member, officer, or employee unless and until an investigative subcommittee has been established.”
There are no further public disclosure triggers now that the OCE report has been released unless the committee empanels a subcommittee and holds a public ethics trial.
Rep. Bill Cassidy has his blood drawn by Alesha Barbour during a free hepatitis screening in the Rayburn House Office Building hosted by the Congressional Viral Hepatitis Caucus to recognize "National Viral Hepatitis Testing Day."
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