House kills effort to release all congressional sexual misconduct and harassment reports
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Key Points:
- The House voted 357-65 to refer Republican Rep. Nancy Mace’s resolution to the Ethics Committee, effectively killing her effort to make public all reports on congressional sexual misconduct allegations.
- The bipartisan Ethics Committee leadership opposed the resolution, arguing public disclosures could retraumatize victims and deter witness cooperation in investigations.
- Mace, a sexual assault survivor and advocate for transparency, introduced the resolution following reports of GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales sending sexual texts to a female aide who later died by suicide.
- The House Ethics Committee announced it will investigate the allegations against Gonzales, who has denied the affair but welcomed the probe.
- The Ethics investigation could end without public disclosure if Gonzales resigns or loses his seat, as
