Mace files resolution requiring Ethics Committee to release all sexual misconduct reports

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Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Monday introduced a resolution directing the House Ethics Committee to preserve and publicly release all reports on investigations into members of Congress regarding allegations of sexual harassment of staff or of a sexual relationship with a member of their staff.

It comes as Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) faces increasing scrutiny over allegations that he had an affair with one of his congressional staffers, who died after setting herself on fire last year. Mace called for Gonzales to resign after text messages were made public Monday that appeared to show Gonzales pressuring the staffer to share explicit pictures.

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Gonzales has previously argued that the allegations are “personal smears” being used by his primary opponent to “score political points.”

“If you sexually harass someone in Congress you do not get to hide behind closed doors,” Mace said in a statement. “Tony Gonzales showed us what is happening in Congress. But he is not the only one. The American people deserve answers. Staff deserve answers. Women deserve answers. No more protection for predators in Congress. We are going to shine a light on every single one of them.”

The resolution directs the Ethics Committee to make public, within 60 days after adoption, “all reports, including any conclusions, draft reports, recommendations, attachments, exhibits, and accompanying materials, with the personally identifiable information of victims or alleged victims redacted, related to the Committee’s investigations into violations” regarding alleged sexual harassment or sexual misconduct.

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