‘Culture of creepiness’: Republican says she wouldn’t want daughter on Capitol Hill

House ‘Culture of creepiness’: Republican says she wouldn’t want daughter on Capitol Hill Comments: by Mira Bhakta - 07/23/26 1:49 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Mira Bhakta - 07/23/26 1:49 PM ET Comments: Link copied

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Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) said Wednesday that Congress had a “culture of creepiness” when it came to members approaching and soliciting staffers.

Cammack told MeidasTouch’s Pablo Manríquez that she “wouldn’t feel comfortable sending my daughter to work here” in the current congressional environment.

Her comments came after Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.) unveiled a resolution that would mandate lawmakers to confidentially disclose relationships with staffers in other offices or committees to the House Committee on Ethics.

“I think we would be better off if members were more focused on their work than enhancing their love life,” Cammack said.

She commended the resolution in addressing the power dynamics of these situations.

“People don’t recognize that even if it’s another staffer in another office, you still have tremendous influence over that congressional staffer’s career,” she said.

The House in June adopted a resolution from Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) concerning sexual harassment violations among members and staffers.

The resolution directed the Ethics Committee and the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights (OCWR) to produce a “single consolidated list” that includes the name of each member who was the subject of a sexual harassment investigation in violation of House rules that resulted in a monetary settlement.

But the OCWR stated in July that, per the Congressional Accountability Act in 2018, it had not received notification about settlements relating to sexual harassment, sexual misconduct or sexual abuse by a member.

Cammack emphasized in her comments that sexual misconduct in Congress is a “really big effing problem.”

Former Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) both resigned in response to sexual assault and harassment allegations from former staffers. Swalwell dropped out of the California governor’s race amid accusations by a former staffer of sexual assault but has denied wrongdoing. Gonzales admitted to having an affair with a staffer who later committed suicide.

The House Ethics Committee revealed in April that it had conducted 20 sexual misconduct investigations into lawmakers since 2017, with 5 cases remaining confidential.

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