are very much a rarity. this secretive process of the ethics committee. and i can't stress how secretive they are. this is going to be thrust into the spot looting with a very public airing of the charges against congressman rangel. plus, he has a number of issues hanging over his head we're aware of several of them. he failed to pay taxes on rental that he got from his villa in the dominican republic. reportedly, he used his rent-controlled apartments in his harlem buildings, he had multi rent-controlled apartments saving a lot of money and using one for a political office. he also failed to report hundreds of thousands of dollars on assets on this financial disclosure statement. and also using official letterhead soliciting donations for a project that beared his name in his district. the interesting thing, john and sara, rangel doesn't have to be at this hearing by the letter of