“ And while I think some of the changes to the Office of Congressional Ethics are unfortunate, not all Ethics Committee investigations have to come from OCE. The House Ethics Committee can initiate investigations on their own and that does happen.” The Office of Congressional Ethics has been rendered toothless by the Republicans, and gee, I wonder why? Could it have something to do with certain members of the Freedom Caucus and their involvement in the insurrection? And who is on the house Ethics Committee? Might make a good investigative story.