House Democrats are hoping to win the majority in November’s midterm elections. And they’re already looking ahead to how they would investigate sexual misconduct allegations in the chamber following the resignations of two scandal-scarred members earlier this month.
“If we’re in charge after the election, we will start doing hearings to get people’s suggestions and guidance and then try to put something together. But I think there is a general consensus here that things need to be tightened up around here,” Rep. Jim McGovern, the top Democrat on the House Rules Committee, told NOTUS. His committee establishes the rules that govern the House chamber.
He added: “When the rules package comes up, I want to talk to people like [House Ethics ranking member] Mark Desaulnier and others, Democrats and Republicans, to figure out how we can tighten things up here, how we can do better. I mean, clearly we need to do better.”