Measures relating to the Code of Official Conduct. It investigates alleged violations by Members, officers and employees, issues advisory opinions, and serves as the House supervising ethics office for financial disclosure and gift rules.
House Committee on Ethics has 10 members, made up of 5 Republicans and 5 Democrats. Michael Guest chairs it. Mark DeSaulnier is the ranking member, which is the senior post held by the minority party. House committee assignments are made at the start of each 2-year Congress, so membership can change substantially after every general election. The membership below is generated from the roster this site maintains against clerk.house.gov and senate.gov.
Jurisdiction source: House Committee on Ethics
How business reaches this committee
House Rule X gives this committee the subjects above. Each bill introduced in the House is referred to the committee whose Rule X jurisdiction covers its primary subject, and a bill that spans several subjects can go to more than one committee at once. This committee then decides whether to hold hearings, amend the text and report it to the floor.
Subcommittees
The committee has no subcommittees. Every hearing, markup and vote happens in full committee, which keeps the whole membership on the same set of questions.
The committee is split evenly between the parties, 5 seats each, which is unusual and deliberate. Working in full committee means both sides sit on every matter it takes up, and no question can be settled by a subcommittee majority.
Who serves on it
10 representatives sit on the committee: 5 Republicans and 5 Democrats. That gives the majority 5 of the 10 seats. Michael Guest is the chair. Mark DeSaulnier is the ranking member. They sit for 10 districts, and each of those districts has its own page on this site.
Following its work
Hearing notices, markup schedules, witness lists and published reports live on the committee’s own site, linked at the top of this page. The full member list below links to each member’s page here, with contact details and the seat they hold. For background on how seats and chairs are handed out, read How congressional committees work. For what happens to a bill after a committee reports it, read How a bill becomes law. To look up who represents a particular place, start at Browse all 435 districts.
Members
- Michael GuestRMississippi 3Chair
- Mark DeSaulnierDCalifornia 10Ranking Member
- Andrew R. GarbarinoRNew York 2
- Ashley HinsonRIowa 2
- Brad KnottRNorth Carolina 13
- Deborah K. RossDNorth Carolina 2
- Glenn IveyDMaryland 4
- Nathaniel MoranRTexas 1
- Suhas SubramanyamDVirginia 10
- Sylvia R. GarciaDTexas 29
10 members. Generated from the roster this site holds, checked against the Clerk of the House and the Senate committee lists on September 26, 2026.