US House leaders announce bipartisan effort to combat sexual misconduct in Congress

Announcement of taskforce comes after resignations of two congressmen amid sexual misconduct allegations

House speaker Mike Johnson and the minority leader Hakeem Jeffries on Wednesday announced a bipartisan effort to combat sexual misconduct on Capitol Hill.

The “partnership” led by the chairs of the Republican and Democratic women’s caucuses – congresswomen Kat Cammack of Florida and Teresa Leger Fernández of New Mexico – aims to “identify reforms and solutions to make Congress a safer work environment for women and all survivors”, the leaders said in a joint statement.

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15 thoughts on “US House leaders announce bipartisan effort to combat sexual misconduct in Congress

  1. The fact that announcement of taskforce comes after resignations of two congressmen amid sexual misconduct really puts things into perspective.

  2. If house speaker Mike Johnson and the minority leader Hakeem Jeffries on Wednesday announced a bipartisan effort to combat sexual misconduct on Capitol Hill, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.

  3. Considering announcement of taskforce comes after resignations of two congressmen amid sexual misconduct, it raises some real questions about what happens next.

  4. On one hand house speaker Mike Johnson and the minority leader Hakeem Jeffries on Wednesday announced a bipartisan effort to combat sexual misconduct on Capitol Hill. But at the same time announcement of taskforce comes after resignations of two congressmen amid sexual misconduct.

  5. Considering house speaker Mike Johnson and the minority leader Hakeem Jeffries on Wednesday announced a bipartisan effort to combat sexual misconduct on Capitol Hill, it raises some real questions about what happens next.

  6. The detail about announcement of taskforce comes after resignations of two congressmen amid sexual misconduct is something people should sit with.

  7. On one hand announcement of taskforce comes after resignations of two congressmen amid sexual misconduct. But at the same time house speaker Mike Johnson and the minority leader Hakeem Jeffries on Wednesday announced a bipartisan effort to combat sexual misconduct on Capitol Hill.

  8. Reading that house speaker Mike Johnson and the minority leader Hakeem Jeffries on Wednesday announced a bipartisan effort to combat sexual misconduct on Capitol Hill — hard to argue with the logic there.

  9. The detail about house speaker Mike Johnson and the minority leader Hakeem Jeffries on Wednesday announced a bipartisan effort to combat sexual misconduct on Capitol Hill is something people should sit with.

  10. The bigger issue here is house speaker Mike Johnson and the minority leader Hakeem Jeffries on Wednesday announced a bipartisan effort to combat sexual misconduct on Capitol Hill. That changes the calculation.

  11. Basically announcement of taskforce comes after resignations of two congressmen amid sexual misconduct. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.

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