let me just tell you in the same week, right, you had a criminal investigation taking place with a u.s. senator. another senator cooperating turning over 1200 pages. no coverage. >> which senator was that? i'm sorry. >> senator corbin, turning over 1,200 pages in the incident investigation. on the same day as the charlie rangel mess. no attention. but we had the pentagon admit that they lost $9 billion in cash in iraq in $1 million satchels over the course of the iraq reconstruction. no mention of that. because this is another distraction. first of all, i served six years on the ethics committee. complaints come, you review them. if there's a prima facie case, you make the statement of alleged allegations, the member gets a chance to answer. maxine waters says she wants an opportunity to answer. i don't know we would jump to the conclusion that members should take an allegation, admit to it whole cloth without a chance to rebut it. members should take that opportunity, and i believe that when people look at the rangel