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Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act

Floor Speech

Date: May 24, 2018
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Government Operations Criminal Justice

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Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Thank you very much.

Mr. President, I would like to thank Senator Blunt for his work on this. This is an incredibly important moment. We are completely overhauling the sexual harassment policies of the Congress. This was an antiquated policy that literally required 30 days of forced counseling, 30 days of forced mediation, and 30 days of a cooling-off period. It was time for a change, and that is what we came together to do.

I wish thank our colleagues who have worked on this with us: Senators Gillibrand, Murray, McCaskill, Harris; our working group on Rules, including Senators Blunt, Feinstein, Cortez Masto, Capito, and Fischer; and of course the two leaders, Senator McConnell and Senator Schumer, who worked on this.

Senators Enzi and Kennedy would always say: If you can agree on things 80 percent of the time, that is a good day. This is a good day for changing the rules so that the deck is not stacked against victims, who should be in a safe workplace.

Thank you, Senator Blunt.

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Ms. KLOBUCHAR. I Thank the Senator for her question. The description of harassment in section 111 of the bill is only relevant to the determination of whether a Member is required to reimburse the Treasury and is not intended to be used in other contexts.

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