'Give them blood, blood, gallons of the stuff, give them all that they can drink and it will never be enough\'. As if they are giving their very souls in their work, pouring out every ounce of them into what they do and how some people can still want more.
The Office of Congressional Ethics, established by the House of Representatives, is an independent, non-partisan entity charged with receiving and reviewing allegations of misconduct concerning House Members and staff and, when appropriate, referring matters to the Committee on Ethics.
(January 2013). Members of the Committee on Financial Services sit in the tiers of raised chairs (R), while those testifying and audience members sit below (L). The United States House of Representatives currently has 21 congressional committees; 20 standing committees and one select committee. All but three committees, the Budget Committee, the Ethics Committee, and the House Administration Committee, are subdivided into subcommittees, each with its own leadership.