By: Teddy Grant

The House Ethics Committee said Monday that it’s not going to launch an investigation into the arrest of Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) earlier this month in a Senate office building, the Washington Post reported.

Along with a small group of protesters, Beatty was arrested at a voting rights protest by U.S. Capitol Police. She and other demonstrators expressed displeasure over the Senate not passing a voting rights bill.

“The legal proceedings related to her arrest are expected to be resolved with no further action,” the Ethics Committee said in a statement. “The Committee has determined to take no further action in this matter, and upon publication of this Report, considers the matter closed.”

Beatty, the Congressional Black Caucus chairwoman, reportedly paid a $50 fine before her release.

During her arrest, Beatty said that she stood “in solidarity with Black women and allies across the country in defense of our constitutional right to vote.”

“We might as well have the dogs and the hoses because we don’t have the Voting Rights Act, and that’s why we need to march in these streets, we need to march as those who were followers of Martin Luther King and John Lewis.”

She added that she hoped to get arrested because she was “fighting for everyone. It’s about fighting for justice. It’s about fighting for you,” according to Yahoo News.