Every U.S. Senator Will Be Required to Undergo Sexual Harassment Training

CNSNews ^ | November 10, 2017 | Staff

[jazusamo]

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D.-Minn.)

(CNSNews.com) - Every member of the U.S. Senate and all staff members are required to undergo sexual harassment training in the next 60 days and at least once every two years after that under the terms of a resolution that the Senate approved on Thursday evening .

The resolution was sponsored by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D.-Minn.), the ranking member of the Senate Rules Committee, and co-sponsored by 19 others. Among the co-sponsors were Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R.-Ky.), Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R.-Iowa), Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D.-Ill.) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R.-Texas).

“[T]his resolution will simply require that all Senators and staff receive sexual harassment training, as well as on other forms of harassment, at least once every 2 years—in addition to that, 60 days after it passes,” Klobuchar said on the Senate floor shortly before the resolution was approved.

“What happens if Senators do not receive this training?’ said Klobuchar.
“The American people will know.”

“[A]ll offices will have to certify to the Secretary of the Senate that they and their employees here in Washington, as well as those working in our home states, have, in fact, taken the training and complied with the resolution,” said Klobuchar. “These certifications will be posted online for the public to view.”

“We are all too aware that sexual harassment continues in our workplaces,” she said. “A recent study found that one in four women has been sexually harassed in the workplace and that three-quarters of individuals who have experienced sexual harassment at work have not reported the incidences. Civil service is actually among the top five industries with the highest sexual harassment incidences.

“We know that it will not stop on its own, and we will not be complacent bystanders who expect workplace cultures to change on their own,” she said.

In a written statement, Sen. Grassley said Congress has a duty "to set high standards of conduct."

“By passing this resolution, we take a step to ensure that all who work for the Senate are able to do their job without feeling unsafe or uncomfortable,” said Grassley. “No place of work is immune to the all-too-prevalent scourge of sexual harassment, but we in Congress have a particular duty to set high standards of conduct. In the wake of so many scandals and reports of sexual harassment around the country, it’s critical that we continue do everything we can to prevent it.”

The Senate agreed to the rule without objection.

[jazusamo]

Words fail me. These people are supposed to be U.S. Senators.

[unixfox]

They ALL need to have a drug and alcohol test. If their piss tests positive they are gone!

Should drain the sewer of most of them pretty quick.

[Newbomb Turk]

So what. Welcome to today’s military !

[NorthMountain]

That crap is inflicted on the rest of us ...

[PGR88]

Indeed, if 100 of our supposedly wisest politicians and leaders need sexual harassment training, then we are doomed.

That, or our government is entirely a PC joke, in which case we are doomed also.

[Salman]

Problem solved, right? :)

[Lurkinanloomin]

Amanda Carpenter’s twitter account was more evidence against Ted Cruz than we have seen against Roy Moore.

[beergarden]

These retards sign this but cant pass tax reform.

[snarkpup]

Words fail me.

Words are not necessary. Just chuckle, like I'm doing.

[Ken H]

Training, hell. They could teach a graduate level course on it.

[Da Coyote]

Train a senator?
Bwahahahahah.
That, sir assumes that senators possess a brain that processes signals.

[UCANSEE2]

[jazusamo]

Bump!

[Maceman]

Would be better for them to undergo Constitutional training.

[reasonisfaith]

And the result will be an increase in sexual harassment.

This is always what happens with leftist or politically correct programs.

[jazusamo]

MAGA!

Lets git ‘er done, folks!

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[ProtectOurFreedom]

I’ve been forced to undergo this training for probably 30 years at every company I’ve worked for. How the heck did Congress get off the hook we have had to endure?

Oh, excuse me. Stupid question.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

That, or our government exempts themselves from the laws they inflict on us. In which case we are doomed.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Problem solved, right?

There is NOTHING that another law or more training cannot fix.

[Spok]

Has the country become so bereft of character that 100 honest people can’t be found? /Not rhetorical