Thanks to U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin for leading the charge in protecting women in the workplace.
No woman should feel uncomfortable at work, yet about one in five women has experienced sexual harassment in the workplace. The problem persists in places of concentrated power, from broadcast television networks to the U.S. Congress.
Before the influence of the #MeToo movement reached Capitol Hill, members of Congress were not required to participate in workplace harassment training. For two decades, more than $17 million in tax money paid for 268 settlements that may have been sexual harassment claims. In Congress, a globally scrutinized and influential body, it is unacceptable that staff and legislators face sexual harassment. Lawmakers needed to act.
Rep. Poliquin stepped up and became the lead Republican to author H.R. 604, which mandates that all members of Congress and their staffs undergo annual sexual harassment prevention training. Thanks to Bruce Poliquin’s hard work, we now have legislation to ensure that women are protected from sexual harassment in the workplace, resources are provided for victims and our government is made more transparent.
Abby Bennett
Oxford
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