U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) (R) speaks to reporters as he leaves the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct on Capitol Hill in Washington October 24, 2006. Hastert appeared before the bipartisan congressional ethics panel for questioning about what he knew and what he did about the troublesome behavior by disgraced Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) toward teenage interns. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES)