Forcing the Ethics Committee to release interim reports and interview transcripts would do real harm to victims and witnesses who only came forward under promises of confidentiality. Rushed public disclosures can retraumatize survivors and scare off future witnesses, making it harder to hold bad actors accountable. Referring House Resolution 1072 back to the Committee is the right call to protect investigations, not kill them.
Congress voted 357-65 to bury a resolution that would have made Ethics Committee records on sexual harassment public, and taxpayers are literally funding the legal defense of the members those records cover. That's not protecting victims — that's protecting predators. The public has every right to know who is hiding behind that shield and why elected officials get accountability rules that no one else does.
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