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发布时间:2026年3月3日 美国东部时间下午5:08
南卡罗来纳州共和党众议员南希·梅斯(Nancy Mace)将在本周晚些时候推动一项备受瞩目的投票,要求公开涉及国会议员的性骚扰报告。
梅斯周二表示,她起草这项决议是为了回应最近有关德克萨斯州共和党众议员托尼·冈萨雷斯(Tony Gonzales)向一名前工作人员发送露骨短信的指控。这名前助手雷吉娜·桑托斯-阿维莱斯(Regina Santos-Aviles)于2025年9月自杀身亡。
“我的意思是,这个女孩以最残忍的方式自杀了,”梅斯在被问及冈萨雷斯的指控是否是她提出该决议的动机时告诉福克斯新闻数字版,“她真的自焚身亡,而我们却只是坐在这里说,‘让流程继续吧?’不行。”
冈萨雷斯否认了这一指控,并暗示他正受到桑托斯-阿维莱斯丈夫律师的勒索。
“你所看到的并非全部事实,之后会有足够的时间来了解所有情况,”冈萨雷斯上周告诉记者。
梅斯的决议将明确要求众议院道德委员会在决议颁布后60天内,公开所有涉及议员或其工作人员的性骚扰行为记录。
这位南卡罗来纳州议员在众议院发言时表示,她将把这项决议定为“特权事项”,这意味着众议院领导层将有两个立法日来对该法案进行投票。议员们也可以投票搁置该决议或提交委员会,这是在对法案本身进行权衡之前扼杀立法的一种方式。
梅斯表示,她预计周四会在众议院进行投票,但当被福克斯新闻数字版问及该决议是否会成功时,她表示悲观。
“不,我对任何事情都不乐观,尤其是当他们只是把一切都掩盖起来的时候,”梅斯说,“如果你像我一样是个直言不讳的女性,那么他们就会针对你。”
梅斯是呼吁冈萨雷斯辞职的保守派议员之一,此前有指控称他与一名工作人员有染。
佛罗里达州共和党众议员安娜·保利娜·卢娜(Anna Paulina Luna)称这些指控“非常令人厌恶”。田纳西州共和党众议员蒂姆·伯切特(Tim Burchett)上周告诉记者,冈萨雷斯“需要下台”。
路易斯安那州共和党人、众议院议长迈克·约翰逊(Mike Johnson)尚未明确表态支持或反对,但他称针对德克萨斯州议员的指控“非常严重”且“令人震惊和可憎”。议长面临着极其微弱的多数优势,在党派立法中只能失去一名叛逃的共和党议员。
国会行为办公室预计将在周二德克萨斯州初选后向众议院道德委员会提交关于冈萨雷斯的报告。根据众议院规则,对议员的调查结果在选举后60天内不得公布。
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冈萨雷斯正面临来自右翼的初选挑战,社交媒体影响者布兰登·埃雷拉(Brandon Herrera)得到保守派众议院自由党团竞选部门的支持。埃雷拉在2024年以不到400票的差距输给了冈萨雷斯。
梅斯是四名呼吁公开已故定罪性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦(Jeffrey Epstein)相关文件的众议院共和党人之一。
冈萨雷斯办公室未立即回复置评请求。
The House is likely to take up Mace’s resolution as soon as Thursday
By Adam Pack, Elizabeth Elkind
Fox News
Published March 3, 2026 5:08pm EST
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., will force a high-profile vote later this week to require the release of sexual harassment reports involving members of Congress.
Mace said Tuesday that her resolution was drafted in response to recent reports alleging that Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, sent sexually explicit text messages to a former staffer. Regina Santos-Aviles, the one-time aide, later died by suicide in September 2025.
“I mean, literally, this girl killed herself in the most heinous way,” Mace told Fox News Digital when asked if the Gonzales allegations were her motivation for the resolution. “She literally lit herself on fire and died, and we’re just going to sit here and say, ‘Let the process play out?’ No.”
Gonzales has denied the affair and suggested he is being blackmailed by the attorney of Santos-Aviles’ husband.
“What you have seen is not all the facts, and there’ll be ample time for all of that,” Gonzales told reporters last week.
Mace’s resolution would specifically require the House Ethics Committee to publicly release all records regarding acts of sexual harassment involving lawmakers or their staffers within 60 days of enactment.
The South Carolina lawmaker said on the House floor that she will deem the resolution “privileged,” meaning House leadership will have two legislative days to vote on the measure. Lawmakers could also vote to table the resolution or refer it to committee, a way to kill legislation before having to weigh the measure itself.
Mace said she expected a vote on the House floor by Thursday but voiced pessimism when asked by Fox News Digital if she thought the resolution would succeed.
“No, I’m not optimistic about anything, especially when they just hide everything under the rug,” Mace said. “And if you’re an outspoken woman like I am, well, they’re going to come for you.”
Mace is among a group of conservative lawmakers who have called on Gonzales to resign amid allegations he had an affair with his staffer.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., has called the allegations “really disgusting.” Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., told reporters last week that Gonzales “needs to go.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has not made any push one way or the other, though he has called the allegations against the Texas lawmaker “very serious” and “alarming and detestable.” The speaker is wrestling with a razor-thin majority and can afford to lose just one defecting GOP lawmaker on party-line legislation.
The Office of Congressional Conduct is expected to send a report on Gonzales to the House ethics panel after the Texas primary elections Tuesday. Under House rules, reports on lawmakers cannot be released within 60 days of an election.
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Gonzales is facing a primary challenge from his right flank, social media influencer Brandon Herrera, who is backed by the conservative House Freedom Caucus’ campaign arm. Herrera lost to Gonzales in 2024 by less than 400 votes.
Mace was one of four House Republicans to advocate for the release of files relating to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
A request for comment to Gonzales’ office was not immediately returned.
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