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众议员托马斯·马西指出，2018年出台的报告要求存在漏洞，可能仍会让和解协议不被公开
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美国众议院周二以压倒性优势通过一项法案，将强制披露使用纳税人资金支付性骚扰和解费用的议员名单。
这项由肯塔基州共和党众议员托马斯·马西提出的决议，将要求众议院道德委员会“保存并公开披露”涉及金钱和解的性骚扰相关记录。
作为众议院共和党领导层的常客眼中钉，马西推动了这项决议的投票。他指出，2018年出台的报告要求存在漏洞，可能仍会让纳税人资助的和解协议不被公开。
这位肯塔基州议员表示，他发现自2018年以来，没有任何议员因偿还性骚扰和解金而被上报的案例。
众议员托马斯·马西周二推动了这项以透明度为核心的法案投票。（内森·波斯纳/安纳多卢通讯社）
马西在被追问前女友指控其婚外情时大发雷霆
他的决议将专门指示道德委员会和国会职场权利办公室公开披露涉及议员及其工作人员、且由纳税人资金支付和解金的性骚扰案件，以及纳税人支出的总金额。
马西表示：“我们需要了解众议院在此期间发生的一切，这样才能说服民众、让民众放心，我们正在以最高诚信度履行人民托付的工作，并以应有的尊重对待本院的办公室和雇员。”
最终投票结果为420票赞成、0票反对、1票弃权。众议院 floor 辩论期间没有议员反对这项决议。
南卡罗来纳州共和党众议员南希·梅斯是唯一投下弃权票的议员。她在本周二表示，此次投票“不过是政治作秀”，因为她在今年早些时候披露的数据显示，自21世纪初以来，联邦政府已支付超过33万美元用于和解性骚扰索赔。
“现在国会却要投票决定去做我们早就该做的事，”这位南卡罗来纳州共和党人在社交媒体上写道。
南卡罗来纳州共和党众议员南希·梅斯是唯一投下弃权票的议员，称马西的决议是“政治作秀”。（安德鲁·哈尼克/盖蒂图片社）
道德委员会 cleared 加列戈，卢娜宣称“一次变坏，终身变坏”
梅斯曾在多起备受关注的议员辞职事件中，牵头推动针对议员针对女性行为的透明度运动。她通过众议院监督委员会的职位，传唤国会职场权利办公室提供至少涉及六名议员或其办公室的大量和解文件。
2018年因众议院道德委员会对其性骚扰指控的调查而狼狈辞职的前德克萨斯州共和党众议员布雷克·法伦特霍尔德，是文件中提及的议员之一。
同样在2018年因被曝使用纳税人资金和解前工作人员提起的性骚扰诉讼而辞职的前宾夕法尼亚州共和党众议员帕特里克·米汉也被列入名单。
十名议员未参与投票，因为众议院计划在投票结束后立即开始7月4日的休会，此前保守派议员封锁了众议院议事大厅，以抗议陷入停滞的《拯救美国法案》。
这项决议通过之际，马西的前女友辛西娅·韦斯特于5月指控这位肯塔基州议员存在情感虐待。韦斯特还指控马西试图支付她5000美元，以撤销针对印第安纳州共和党众议员维多利亚·斯帕茨办公室的不当解雇诉讼。斯帕茨在韦斯特入职该办公室后不久将其解雇。
印第安纳州共和党众议员维多利亚·斯帕茨与肯塔基州共和党众议员托马斯·马西于2025年7月3日在华盛顿特区国会大厦合影。（格雷姆·斯隆/彭博社）
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众议院于3月否决了梅斯提出的一项决议，该决议要求众议院道德委员会公开该委员会针对议员性骚扰调查的所有相关文件。
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House backs Massie’s push to release taxpayer-funded sexual harassment settlement records
June 30, 2026 5:52pm EDT / Fox News
Rep Thomas Massie argued gaps in 2018 reporting requirements may still allow settlements to remain hidden
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The House of Representatives overwhelmingly backed a measure Tuesday that would force the disclosure of lawmakers who used taxpayer funds to settle sexual harassment claims.
The resolution, introduced by Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., would require the House Ethics Committee to “preserve and publicly release” records related to monetary settlements involving sexual misconduct.
Massie, a frequent thorn in House GOP leadership’s side, forced a vote on the resolution, arguing that gaps in reporting requirements enacted in 2018 may still allow taxpayer-funded settlements to remain hidden.
The Kentucky lawmaker said he discovered there were no reported cases involving any members repaying sexual harassment settlements since then.
Rep. Thomas Massie forced a vote on the transparency-focused measure on Tuesday.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu)
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His resolution would specifically direct the ethics panel and the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights to publicly report sexual misconduct cases involving lawmakers and their staff that resulted in taxpayer-funded settlements, along with the total amount of taxpayer money spent.
“We need to know what’s been going on here in the House of Representatives in order to convince the people and assure the people that we are conducting the people’s business with the utmost integrity and treating offices and employees of this institution with the respect they serve,” Massie said.
The final vote was 420-0-1. No lawmaker spoke against the resolution during debate on the House floor.
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., was the lone lawmaker to vote “present,” arguing Tuesday’s vote was “nothing more than political theater” after she released information earlier this year showing the federal government paid out more than $330,000 to settle sexual harassment claims since the early 2000s.
“Now Congress wants to vote on doing what we already did,” the South Carolina Republican wrote on social media.
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., was the lone lawmaker to vote “present,” calling Massie’s resolution “political theater.”(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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Mace, who helped orchestrate a transparency push targeting lawmakers’ behavior toward women amid several high-profile resignations, subpoenaed the Congressional Office of Workplace Rights through her position on the House Oversight Committee for a bevy of settlement documents involving at least six lawmakers or their offices.
Former Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, who resigned in disgrace in 2018 amid a House ethics probe into sexual misconduct allegations, was among the lawmakers named in the documents.
Former Rep. Patrick Meehan, R-Pa., who similarly resigned in 2018 amid reports he used taxpayer funds to settle a sexual harassment suit filed by a former staffer, was also listed.
Ten lawmakers did not vote, as the chamber was scheduled to begin the July 4 recess immediately following the vote amid a conservative blockade of the House floor in protest of the stalled SAVE America Act.
The resolution’s passage comes after Cynthia West, a former Massie girlfriend, accused the Kentucky lawmaker of emotional abuse in May. West also alleged that Massie attempted to pay her $5,000 to drop a wrongful termination lawsuit against the office of Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., who fired her shortly after taking a position in the office.
Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., stand at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on July 3, 2025.(Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg)
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The House in March rejected a resolution offered by Mace to require the House Ethics Committee to release all documents compiled by the panel involving probes into members of Congress related to sexual misconduct.
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