announced a bipartisan partnership between the Republican Women’s Caucus and Democratic Women’s Caucus to combat workplace sexual misconduct in Congress
Work with House leadership and both parties to combat workplace sexual misconduct in Congress.
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Cammack, Kat (a Representative from Florida)
announced a bipartisan partnership between the Republican Women’s Caucus and Democratic Women’s Caucus to combat workplace sexual misconduct in Congress
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Congresswomen Kat Cammack and Teresa Leger Fernández, along with Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, today announced a bipartisan partnership between the Republican Women’s Caucus and Democratic Women’s Caucus to combat workplace sexual misconduct in Congress. The two caucuses will work together to identify reforms and solutions to make Congress a safer work environment for women and all survivors. Next steps and any proposed reforms will be done in coordination with House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil and Ranking Member Joe Morelle.
Teresa Leger Fernández and Republican Women’s Caucus Chair Kat Cammack appeared together for their first joint interview since announcing their bipartisan partnership between the DWC and RWC to combat sexual misconduct in Congress. Cammack emphasized that the effort is not simply about punishment after abuse occurs, but about changing the culture and systems that allowed misconduct to persist in the first place.
Assessments
The promise was to work with House leadership and both parties to combat workplace sexual misconduct in Congress. The evidence shows Cammack did exactly that during the same term: she was publicly tapped alongside Democratic Women’s Caucus leadership in a bipartisan partnership announced with Speaker Johnson and Leader Jeffries, with the stated purpose of identifying reforms and solutions to make Congress safer and coordinating next steps with the House Administration Committee leadership of both parties. Follow-up evidence indicates the effort was active and ongoing, confirming this was more than a one-off statement. Because the claim is about undertaking bipartisan work rather than achieving a fully enacted reform package, the documented formation and operation of this bipartisan leadership effort satisfies the promise.