‘Creeps need not apply’: How a team of bipartisan women plan to change Capitol Hill’s culture of harassment
Washington,
May 15, 2026
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When Rep. Emilia Sykes met with Democratic leaders about the pervasiveness of sexual harassment on Capitol Hill, she made one thing very clear to Hakeem Jeffries: this could not just be a women’s issue. ‘This could all be eliminated and we wouldn’t even be here if these members were not abusing their power, and so we need to get to the root cause,’ the Ohio Democrat said. ‘We cannot do this alone.’ Not even 10 years on from Congress’ last attempt to reform the process for reporting sexual harassment on Capitol Hill, leaders from the Republican and Democratic Women’s Caucuses have been tasked with overhauling the process again. |