issue of surrogacy and may have been insensitive and made them uncomfortable but as a part of the statement, franks insisted that i have absolutely never physically intimidated, coerced or had or attempted to have any sexual contact with any member of my congressional staff. the house ethics committee is looking into congressman franks and whether he engaged in sexual harassment and said that this is a part of the reason why he decided to resign because he believes he cannot get a fair trial under the current circumstances. house speaker paul ryan is striking a different tone said there were credible allegations against congressman franks and that he said that they were serious and he wanted to take action and actually called on the congressman to resign last week. now, one member of congress that paul ryan is not calling on to resign, of course, is congressman blake farenthold of texas. he was accused of sexual harassment by a former staffer back in 2014. and remember, that he settled with this woman, lauren green, and as a part of the settlement