Overview
- This week Rep. Kat Cammack said she would not feel comfortable sending her daughter to work on Capitol Hill, calling the workplace a 'culture of creepiness' and saying member solicitation of staff is common.
- Cammack, a member of a bipartisan House task force on sexual misconduct, told reporters the group is about 70 percent of the way to a list of proposals that includes banning romantic relationships between lawmakers and staff.
- House Speaker Mike Johnson said he does not think members should be romantically involved with any House staffers, signaling senior leadership support for tighter limits on member–staff relationships.
- Current House rules already bar members from pursuing or dating their own office staff, but a wider ban would require a formal revision of the House Code of Official Conduct and new mechanisms to investigate and discipline members.
- High‑profile April resignations of Reps. Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales and multiple ethics probes have driven bipartisan momentum for reform, but lawmakers still face hard choices on enforcement, due process, and how rules would affect representation.