Rep. Mia Love introduced legislation on Friday that would require senators and representatives to pay settlement awards to alleged victims out of their own pockets. Salt Lake Tribune reporter Courtney Tanner reported that the proposed legislation “would ban Congress from spending taxpayer money to settle sexual harassment claims filed against lawmakers.”
Recently, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., and Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., have been accused of sexual harassment. Conyers is currently under investigation. And, of course, Alabama Republican senate nominee Roy Moore has been accused of inappropriate relationships with teenage girls.
About the current practice, Love said, “Taxpayers should not be paying to settle these cases just because the accused happens to be a member of Congress.