Committee on Standards of Official Conduct Report, “In the Matter of Allegations Relating to the Lobbying Activities of Paul Magliocchetti and Associates Group, Inc., (PMA).”: “…on December 2, 2009, the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) forwarded to the Standards Committee reports and findings in seven separate matters involving alleged potential connections between defense subcommittee earmarks and campaign contributions.4 Each of those matters concerned allegations related to the activities of PMA. OCE’s Board recommended dismissal in five matters. Those matters involved Representatives Norman Dicks, Marcy Kaptur, James Moran, John Murtha, and C.W. Bill Young. In the other two matters, which concerned Representatives Todd Tiahrt and Peter Visclosky, OCE’s Board recommended that the Standards Committee further review OCE’s allegations…The Standards Committee has unanimously
determined that the evidence presently before the Committee does not support a determination that any House Member or employee violated any law, regulation, rule or other applicable standard of conduct.”