U.S. Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) (L), ranking Democrat on the House Standards of Official Conduct Committee, appears with committee Chairman Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA) at a news conference at the Capitol in Washington October 5, 2006. The lawmakers charged with enforcing ethics in the U.S. House of Representatives met on Thursday to begin an investigation of a cybersex scandal surrounding former Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) that has ensnared top Republicans and could harm their chances of keeping control of Congress in the November 7 elections. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES)