U.S. House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct Chairman Doc Hastings (R-WA), flanked by Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH) (L) and Judy Biggert (R-IL), holds a news conference after conducting a closed meeting of the committee at the Capitol October 5, 2006 in Washington. Hastings announced that the committee will open an investigation into whether or not former U.S. Representative Mark Foley (R-FL) engaged in any inappropriate behavior while serving in the House. (UPI Photo/Kamenko Pajic)