[United States Senate Manual, 107th Congress] [S. Doc. 107-1] [Non-statutory Standing Orders and Regulations Affecting the Business of the Senate] [Pages 118-119] [From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov] 87 STANDARDS OF CONDUCT FOR MEMBERS OF THE SENATE AND OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE SENATE Resolved, It is declared to be the policy of the Senate that-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Became Senate Commission on Art, and enacted into permanent law by Pub.L. 100-696, Nov. 18, 1988. See 2 U.S.C. Sec. Sec. 2101-2107; Senate Manual sections 814-820. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (a) The ideal concept of public office, expressed by the words, ``A public office is a public trust'', signifies that the [[Page 119]] officer has been entrusted with public power by the people; that the officer holds this power in trust to be used only for their benefit and never for the benefit of himself or of a few; and that the officer must never conduct his own affairs so as to infringe on the public interest. All official conduct of Members of the Senate should be guided by this paramount concept of public office. (b) These rules, as the written expression of certain standards of conduct, complement the body of unwritten but generally accepted standards that continue to apply to the Senate. * * * * * * [S. Jour. 247, 90-2, Mar. 22, 1968.]