[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 _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE MATTER OF REPRESENTATIVE TIM RYAN __________ R E P O R T of the COMMITTEE ON ETHICSDecember 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 ---------- 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 ====================================================================== 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. 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.