"Office of Congressional Ethics" ha ha ha oxymoron. In a little-noticed brief filed last summer, lawyers for the House of Representatives claimed that an SEC investigation of congressional insider trading should be blocked on principle, because lawmakers and their staff are constitutionally protected from such inquiries given the nature of their work. There are no ethics in DC. I hate it when lawmakers talk down to me like I'm stupid. Office of Congressional Ethics is like Office of Ice Cubes in Hell.