Posted on 11/29/2017 10:14:40 AM PST by Kaslin
Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-NY) exhibited mounting frustration Wednesday with the inaction on Capitol Hill in light of the recent sexual allegations. She has called for the resignation of both Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) and Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) and even walked out of the House Democrats’ morning conference meeting saying harassment wasn’t being addressed seriously. “I don’t have time for meetings that aren’t real,” she told reporters.
Rep. Kathleen Rice leaves House Dem meeting early, saying harassment wasn’t being addressed seriously. “I don’t have time for meetings that aren’t real.” pic.twitter.com/hoB6lAmBqX— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) November 29, 2017
Rice asked House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) Wednesday to release one of Conyers’s accusers from her confidentiality agreement which was part of a $27,000 settlement in 2015.
Rice argues that since the accuser “attempted to seek help through a deeply flawed system” she “should not continue to be silenced by the institution that failed to protect her in the first place.”
“Under the settlement, the complainant was forced into a non-disclosure agreement and has been unable to openly discuss the workplace harassment and abuse she was subjected to,” Rep. Rice writes, “while Rep. Conyers and his attorney, Arnold Reed, have been free to make their case to the public.”
“Three additional women (Maria Reddick, Melanie Sloan, and Deanna Maher) have been able to speak publicly about harassment by Rep. Conyers because they chose not to pursue a complaint through a system that is now universally acknowledged to be stacked against the victim,” she added.
“Mr. Reed has made clear his client will not release the former employee from the agreement, and it is unclear whether the Office of Compliance, the House Ethics Committee, House Employment Counsel, or some combination of the three has the authority to do so,” Rice concludes. “As Speaker of the House, I urge you to immediately intervene to right this wrong. The woman named in the settlement agreement with Rep. Conyers deserves the opportunity to tell her story and I ask you to swiftly intercede on her behalf.”
Speaker Ryan and prominent GOP leaders held a press conference Wednesday addressing the issue of sexual harassment and announcing an upcoming vote on a resolution that requires mandatory training for members, staff, and interns on appropriate and inappropriate behavior.
"Sexual harassment has no place in any workplace -- let alone the United States Congress," Ryan said.
I know of nothing that would release her from the provisions of a contract she willingly entered into just because she received a subpoena. Generally the terms of such a non-disclosure agreement provide that she is liable for any compensation she received under the agreement if she breaches the non-disclosure provisions and perhaps other stipulated penalties in the agreement. At a minimum she, or Conyers, could ask for a protective order prohibiting the disclosure of the information sought by the subpoena or placing such information under seal and prohibiting its disclosure to anyone but the court.
The chick revolution continues. We are having fun with this, but this isnt good, and it doesnt have any goal besides the suppression and repression of men.
before asking her to be a republican how does she vote. unless she is a real conservative I don’t want her.
"Article I, Section 5, Clause 2: Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member [emphasis added]."
Instead, majority members of both Houses evidently circle the wagons to protect themselves.
Drain the swamp! Drain the swamp!
Patriots should now be making sure that there are plenty of state sovereignty-respecting, Trump-supporting candidates on the 2018 primary ballots, and pink-slip career lawmakers by sending patriot candidate lawmakers to D.C. on election day.
I saw her in an interview with Wolf Blitzer yesterday, and she just laid out with real conviction on how her party has got to get serious about this.
Of course she threw President Trump into the mix of those with sexual abuse allegations, but she mainly focused on the Democrat party and the outrage of Al Franken and John Conyers, seeming to get a pass.
You make a good starting point....what the accuser should do is break the confidentially agreement and DARE the house of Pervs to contest the breach.
In the private sector HR usually makes you attend a class on sexual harassment, and you sign a form that you attended. The only useful thing is the signature on the form, because if you do something HR can say "hey, we warned you" as they escort you out.
Someone pass me the popcorn, please.
And now they are eating their young...Damn, I never get tired of winning !!!
Get real
If he is than tell me how come the House has passed the budget bill under his leadership?
I agree
What? I don’t understand your post.
The “settlement agreements” should be declared unconscionable. They were forced on the weaker party by much, much, much more powerful parties
what I don’t understand is if she is covered by the NDA - isn’t the congressman and his lawyer as well? if not, why not?
She is going for the gold! Rice is going all in and betting that the Democrat structure will collapse and she wants to be there with clean hands waiting to be a leader in the rat party.
And that is what this whole “someone hit on me when i was in their hotel room” revolution is all about.
It is simply a power grab for more feminist power. Revenge for Hillary etc. This is just phase 2 of the pussy hat revolts.
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