; Whereas Sam Miele, who served as a fundraiser to Representative Santos’ campaign, pleaded guilty to a Federal wire fraud charge after impersonating a senior congressional aide for the purposes of soliciting funds; Whereas the ISC that was established to review the allegations against Representative Santos adopted a report of its findings and submitted the report to the full committee; Whereas the Committee on Ethics of the House unanimously voted to adopt the ISC report based upon the investigation providing substantial evidence that Representative Santos— (1) knowingly caused his campaign committee to file false or incomplete reports with the Federal Election Commission, used campaign funds for personal purposes, engaged in fraudulent conduct in connection with RedStone Strategies LLC, and engaged in knowing and willful violations of the Ethics in Government Act as it relates to his Financial Disclosure Statements filed with the House; (2) was a knowing and active participant in the wrongdoing; and (3) was given an opportunity, pursuant to Committee Rule 17(b), to submit a signed written statement responding to the allegations raised in a complaint filed by his fellow Members but did not do so; Whereas the ISC— (1) requested that Representative Santos provide all documents and information responsive to its Request for Information, but he did not do so; (2) asked Representative Santos to voluntarily testify, but he did not do so; and (3) provided Representative Santos the opportunity, pursuant to Committee Rule 19(b)(3), to provide a statement under oath, but he did not do so; Whereas as a Member of the United States House of Representatives, Representative Santos must be held accountable to the highest standards of conduct in order to safeguard the public’s faith in this institution