The continuation of the review does not indicate that any violation has occurred, and it doesn't reflect any judgment by the committee, Ethics Chairman Charles Dent, R-Pa., and Rep. Linda Sanchez of Californian, the panel's senior Democrat, said in a joint statement. A spokesman for Farenthold said Monday that the congressman "understands the position that House Ethics is in," adding that Farenthold "is certain that once the legal nature of this situation is resolved," the ethics panel members "will reach the same findings and conclusions that the Office of Congressional Ethics has already unanimously reached."