Even though former Rep. Matt Gaetz has withdrawn from consideration to be President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general, Illinois Democratic Rep. Sean Casten said Thursday he will continue to try to force the House Ethics Committee to release its report on Gaetz.

“While I welcome the news that Matt Gaetz is withdrawing from consideration for attorney general, it remains important that the Gaetz report be made available to the American people,” Casten. said in a statement.

Casten and Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee introduced privileged resolutions Wednesday to try to force the commission to release the report after the Ethics Committee voted along party lines not to release it. According to House rules, once a privileged resolution is introduced, the House must take it up within two legislative days. Republicans hold the majority in the House, and the leadership will decide when the resolution will be brought to a vote. Republicans will try to block the effort, but it’s not yet clear how that might happen.

In an interview on ABC News Live on Thursday, Kasten rejected accusations that continuing to seek the release of the report was partisan. He said a precedent had already been set for Ethics to continue its efforts, pointing to the case of former Democratic Rep. Eric Massa, who resigned from the House in 2010 amid allegations that he groped members of his staff. Despite Massa’s resignation, the Ethics Committee voted for reauthorization his investigation the following year.

The Ethics Committee was investigating allegations that Gaetz engaged in sexual misconduct, illicit drug use, shared inappropriate images or videos on the House floor, misused state identification records, converted campaign funds to personal use, and/or accepted a bribe, improper gratuity or impermissible gift.

“No workplace would allow this information to be swept under the rug simply because someone resigned for a position,” Casten said. “It matters to the integrity of the law, it matters to the integrity of this House, and it matters to the respect we expect the American people to give us, that those of us entrusted with this job will uphold the United States as a land where all are treated equally according to the law”.

Thursday, Cohen posted on X that the Ethics Committee will have another chance to publish the report when it meets in December. “I hope they do the right thing. But we can’t count on that. That’s why I introduced a resolution yesterday to force the release of the report,” he wrote.

Speaker Mike Johnson opposed release of the report, saying the Ethics Committee typically drops investigations once a member has left Congress. Gaetz resigned last week shortly after Trump announced his intention to nominate him for ABC. Johnson said Thursday that the House will take up the resolutions after it returns from the Thanksgiving break.

Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said “Yes” when asked if the report should be public, so it’s likely the Democratic caucus will support efforts to force the report’s release.