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Settlements that were made on sexual harassment allegations. there needs to be accountability, transparency, there needs to be a different method for handling this. it the house admin committee is working hard to try to get this cleaned up and we think our legislation provides that transparency end is an important part of this process. >> harris: what is interesting to me, youve heard the arguments that its in the hands of the voters if its not something illegal. this does put information and em...

It on sunday. i wrote a column on her couple days ago. >> harris: the troubling part for those young members of congress, those women on both sides of the aisle see a leadership position, a person with so much power, the former house speaker and minority leader come out and defend the man, not just defend him but call him an icon and that should be enough. >> i think one of the most interesting parts of this discussion is the generational issue, women of our generation, the younger female member...

For other things, it deals with capitol police and may be that were asbestos-related or that were ada related, we understand that but for those claims that are sexual harassment with a member or staff, we think it is important to know whose offices and how this money was used and the amount of money that was used in reaching these settlements. >> harris: we saw that number get a little bit bigger, i think it is $17 million was the payout for -- it would seem the bulk of them from what weve been ...

Senators lisa murkowski and john mccain say they are yes votes. joining us now on capitol hill, chair of the senate g.o.p. conference. this is a big deal. you have a couple of we call them wild cards on board. >> it is. you are never fully comfortable until you have the final vote. you have them signaling publicly that they are going to support the bill. youve heard the president say this is critical for economic growth, critical for job creation and higher wages. those are things we want to get...

Women have reached the tipping point on this. i have talked to so many women who have said, i have endured diminishment, dismissiveness, verbal insults, things of that nature in the workplace through my career and im so pleased we are moving to a point that this culture of speediness and vulgarity will hopefully come to an end. and what you are going to see is respect in the workplace and i think thats what people want to see happen from this process. >> harris: when you think about john conyers...

Not being aware or being aware of flynns affiliation to turkey, and then just kind of brushing it aside? >> well the world of registering as a foreign agent is very murky and the law is pretty unclear and rarely enforced. so, i could see how the white house might not have been aware that this was part of general flynns business. i would say that, you know, flynn spent about one month on the job. had he not resigned over misrepresenting himself to the vice president, hed probably be forced to res...

Constituency of organized labor, and finally there is a measure that requires a member of congress to vote up or down on all major regulations, regulations of $100 million impact on the economy and well see how many democrats are -- >> lets listen to senator chuck schumer on the keystone legislation. >> were going to introduce amendments to make it more of a jobs bill. were going to introduce an amendment to say that the steel used in the pine line should be made in america, kreegt american jobs...

>> well, thanks, harris. always a privilege to be with you. i believe they will be effective because they have teeth with them. thats very important to make sure that were send ago very clear message. >> think about this. this is the first time that such nerve agent or gas has been used since world war ii. we need to shoat world that america is strong when it comes to that kind of behavior pushing back like this. putting a line in the sand is very important. >> harris: you passed these sanctions...

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