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      <excerpt>...panel's action caps a 15-month-long saga that had spurred political attacks on the Waynesville Democrat. Reps. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Joe Bonner, R-Ala., said in a letter to Shuler that your actions in these matters were not improper in any way and </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...has determined that your actions in these matters were not improper in any way and did not violate House Rules,&quot; Reps. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Joe Bonner, R-Ala., said in a letter to Shuler. Shuler was once a member of a House committee with oversigh</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...review, has determined that your actions in these matters were not improper in any wayand did not violate House Rules,&quot; Reps. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Joe Bonner, R-Ala., said in a letter to Shuler. Shuler was once a member of a House committee with o</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...House leaders have ordered an &quot;immediate and comprehensive assessment&quot; of congressional cybersecurity policies. Rep. Zoe Lofgren, chairman of the ethics committee, pointed out that &quot;individual error and sloppiness is always the Trojan horse of cybersecu</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...review, has determined that your actions in these matters were not improper in any way and did not violate House Rules,&quot; Reps. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Joe Bonner, R-Ala., said in a letter to Shuler. Lofgren is the chairwoman and Bonner the ranking GO</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...43 travel requests reviewed seven financial disclosure forms. Committee on Standards of Official Conduct Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., interrupted floor voting Thursday to alert House members bout the breach, cautioning that some panel activities we</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...his real estate dealings, said he was so upset about the breach that he complained Thursday evening about the matter to Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), chairman of the ethics committee, during roll-call votes. &amp;quot;This is ridiculous and amateurish,&amp;quot;</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...of his real estate dealings, said he was so upset about the breach that he complained Thursday evening about the matter to Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), chairman of the ethics committee, during roll-call votes. &quot;This is ridiculous and amateurish,&quot; he sai</excerpt>
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