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- ↑ "U.S. Senate: Select Committee on Ethics". www.senate.gov. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
- ↑ Straus, Jacob R. (January 31, 2017). "Appendices A and B". Senate Select Committee on Ethics: A Brief History of Its Evolution and Jurisdiction (PDF) (Report). Congressional Research Service. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
