Torres offered two additional amendments to the fiscal year 2027 House Legislative Branch Appropriations bill to increase funding for the House Ethics Committee investigative team, and to require in-person workplace misconduct training for all Members of Congress.
Norma Torres will require all Members of Congress to complete workplace misconduct training in person.
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Evidence
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Torres successfully added an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2027 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill requiring Members of Congress with publicly disclosed House Ethics Committee investigations against them to complete all workplace misconduct trainings in person as opposed to online. The successful amendment was one of three that Torres offered to the bill. Torres’ successful amendment will require any Member of Congress with an active, publicly disclosed Ethics Committee investigation to take their workplace misconduct training in person. Torres offered two additional amendments to the fiscal year 2027 House Legislative Branch Appropriations bill to increase funding for the House Ethics Committee investigative team, and to require in-person workplace misconduct training for all Members of Congress.
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The measure was approved by the Committee with a vote of 34 to 28. The posted summary lists: "Torres #3 – Requires in-person workplace rights training for members under review by the House Ethics Committee."
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Committee repository for the Fiscal Year 2027 Legislative Branch Bill markup. The event page identifies the markup and links the subcommittee mark materials added on 04/29/2026.
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The reported House bill includes Section 114, effective January 3, 2027, barring funds from satisfying Workplace Rights and Responsibilities training for Members of Congress with a publicly disclosed matter under review by the House Ethics Committee unless the training is completed in person.
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The Senate engrossed amendment to H.R. 6500 would continue fiscal year 2027 funding at fiscal year 2026 rates and conditions, including the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026, through December 11, 2026, unless an FY2027 appropriation is enacted earlier.
Assessments
The promised outcome was an in-person workplace misconduct training requirement for all Members of Congress. Torres advanced the issue in the same federal term and secured committee/report language for a narrower group: Members with publicly disclosed House Ethics Committee matters under review. The broader all-Member requirement was only attempted, and the available later appropriations evidence reflects a stopgap continuing FY2026 law rather than enactment of the FY2027 provision. Because the promised universal requirement was not delivered, but Torres made a serious legislative attempt, this is best scored as never with an effort badge.
Torres did not achieve the full promised outcome of requiring all Members of Congress to complete workplace misconduct training in person. The available evidence shows she successfully passed a committee amendment to the FY2027 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill requiring in-person training only for Members with active, publicly disclosed House Ethics Committee investigations. The evidence also says she offered a broader amendment for all Members, but the corroborated committee-approved provision was the narrower version, and there is no evidence here that the broader requirement for all Members was adopted or enacted. Because she materially advanced a related but limited version of the promise during the same term, partial credit is warranted.