The fact that this process has allowed members of Congress and their staffers to settle claims for things like sexual harassment and assault, using taxpayer dollars and without anyone knowing about it is absolutely ridiculous and unacceptable. Our bill not only changes this process for the making it so that members of Congress or staffers who have this predatory behavior, they will be held personally and financially responsible. But it also deals with the last 20 years and, you know, 278 or so claims that have been settled already in Congress in bringing out how much those settlements … (01:19–01:31)
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Asserts that the proposed bill will hold Congress members and staffers personally and financially responsible for predatory behavior.
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