House spent $338K settling harassment claims since 2004, Mace reveals

Victims of sexual harassment against lawmakers have been silenced through confidential settlements, preventing public awareness of misconduct patterns.

For more than two decades, the House of Representatives has quietly resolved sexual harassment claims against its own members using taxpayer funds, keeping both the accusations and the accused shielded from public view. A subpoena obtained by Rep. Nancy Mace has brought a figure into the light — $338,000 paid out since 2004 — but the deeper question it surfaces is an older one: how does any institution balance the protection of its reputation against its obligation to those it harms and those it serves? The revelation is less about the dollar amount than about the architecture of silence that

House spent $338K settling harassment claims since 2004, Mace reveals

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