Pursuant to House Rule XI, Clause 3(a)(8)(A), and Committee Rules 17A(b)(l) and 17 A(c)(I), the Chair and Ranking Republican Member of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (the Committee) are extending the matter regarding Representative Todd Tiahrt, which was transmitted to the Committee by the Office of Congressional Ethics on December 2, 2009. The Committee will announce its course of action in this matter forwarded to the Committee by the Office of Congressional Ethics on or before March 2, 2010.