2026-05-13T14:35:00-0400 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻（CBS News）
作者：尼科尔·基利恩
尼科尔·基利恩 国会通讯员
尼科尔·基利恩是驻扎在华盛顿特区的哥伦比亚广播公司新闻国会通讯员，自2021年以来一直报道国会山诸多重大事件。基利恩还在哥伦比亚广播公司新闻2024年和2020年总统大选报道中担任关键角色，报道过特朗普、拜登和哈里斯的竞选活动。
更新时间：2026年5月13日 / 美国东部时间下午2:38 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
华盛顿讯——多名消息人士向哥伦比亚广播公司新闻证实，众议院议长迈克·约翰逊和少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯准备宣布成立一个两党特别工作组，或称工作小组，旨在处理众议院内部的性行为不端指控处理机制问题。
“我们都全力支持，”约翰逊在即将宣布该计划前告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻。“我认为大家都认为，他们需要着力解决的核心问题是举报机制。”
“比如，人们担心年轻女性员工不敢站出来举报，所以我们正试图打造某种形式的举报人保护计划，”约翰逊补充道。“这件事必须推进，我们会尽快落实。”
“我们目前正在推进一项两党合作计划，正试图理清相关后勤事宜，”杰弗里斯告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻。
这项倡议出台于上月加利福尼亚州民主党众议员埃里克·斯沃威尔和德克萨斯州共和党众议员托尼·冈萨雷斯辞职之后。斯沃威尔同时暂停了在加州的州长竞选，他否认了性行为不端指控，但面临多项法律诉讼。今年早些时候，冈萨雷斯承认与一名国会员工有染，该员工后来自杀，他随后宣布不会寻求连任。
自这些争议爆发以来，两党议员一直在进行讨论，其中包括民主党妇女核心小组和共和党妇女核心小组的领导人。
“两党对这个问题都给予了同等程度的关注，”共同担任共和党妇女核心小组联合主席的佛罗里达州众议员卡特·卡马克告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻。她补充说，众议院领导层明白“此事非常及时，他们也意识到这超越了政党政治界限”。
卡马克表示，即将成立的工作小组可能会在未来几个月专注于改变“国会山的文化”，并解决该系统在举报指控方面存在的漏洞。
“人们站出来举报的流程非常复杂，举报时会有很多顾虑，”卡马克解释道。“这并非一时冲动的反应，而是经过深思熟虑的周全计划。”
“我们显然需要进行改革，因为有员工不愿站出来参与举报程序，”担任民主党妇女核心小组主席的新墨西哥州众议员特雷莎·莱杰·费尔南德斯上月告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻。“所以，我们必须采取行动，但该怎么做？我们期待由女性主导这项工作。”
House leaders to take action on process for sexual misconduct claims
2026-05-13T14:35:00-0400 / CBS News
By Nikole Killion
Nikole Killion Congressional Correspondent
Nikole Killion is a CBS News congressional correspondent based in Washington D.C., who has covered some of the biggest stories on Capitol Hill since 2021. Killion has also served a key role in CBS News’ election coverage during the 2024 and 2020 presidential races covering the Trump, Biden, and Harris campaigns.
Updated on: May 13, 2026 / 2:38 PM EDT / CBS News
Washington — Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are preparing to announce a bipartisan task force, or working group, aimed at addressing how sexual misconduct claims are handled within the House of Representatives, multiple sources confirmed to CBS News.
“We’re all in support, fully supportive,” Johnson told CBS News ahead of the forthcoming announcement. “I think the main thing that they need to work on, we all think they need to work on is reporting mechanisms.”
“There’s this concern that, you know, young female staffers, for example, are intimidated to come forward, so trying to figure out some sort of whistleblower protection program,” Johnson added. “It needs to happen, so we’re gonna advance that as quickly as we can.”
“We’re working on something bipartisan right now, and we’re trying to figure out the logistics of it,” Jeffries told CBS News.
The initiative follows the resignations of Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California and Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas last month. Swalwell, who also suspended his gubernatorial campaign in the Golden State, has denied allegations of sexual misconduct but faces several legal challenges. Earlier this year, Gonzales admitted having an affair with a congressional staffer who later died by suicide and said he would not seek reelection.
Since the controversies erupted, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have been engaged in discussions, including leaders of the Democratic Women’s Caucus and the Republican Women’s Caucus.
“I think that there is an equal amount of attention from both sides of the aisle on the issue,” Rep. Kat Cammack of Florida, who co-chairs the Republican Women’s Caucus, told CBS News. She added that House leadership understands “that this is very timely, and they see that this is transcending politics.”
Cammack said the soon-to-be-named working group would likely focus in the coming months on changing the “culture on Capitol Hill” and addressing gaps in the system when it comes to reporting claims.
“It’s a really convoluted process for people to come forward and report and there’s a lot of fear in reporting,” Cammack explained. “While this is not a knee-jerk reaction, it’s a thoughtful, well-thought-out process.”
“We clearly need to have reform because we’ve had staffers who are unwilling to come forward and engage in the process,” Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez of New Mexico, who chairs the Democratic Women’s Caucus, told CBS News last month. “And so, we need to do that, and how do we do it? We’re going to look forward to having women lead the process.”
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