WASHINGTON — Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) claimed Wednesday that House Republicans will soon release detailed information about a “slush fund” that paid out hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to victims of sexual harassment on Capitol Hill.
“A friendly reminder that House Oversight subpoenaed the records of the congressional sexual harassment slush fund and we will be releasing them,” Luna posted on X. “Maybe we’ll see more resignations, you never know. #trashday.”
Disgraced Rep. Eric Swalwell resigned from Congress after mounting sexual assault accusations. REUTERS
Capitol Hill on Monday, April 13, 2026. APOn March 4, the Oversight Committee passed Rep. Nancy Mace’s (R-SC) motion to subpoena records from the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, which settles misconduct claims involving members of Congress.
Mace had demanded the “the release of all awards and settlements paid pursuant to Section 415 of the Congressional Accountability Act prior to December 12, 2018,” with names of victims and witnesses redacted.
More than $18 million was paid out of the US Treasury to settle nearly 300 workplace complaints — related to pay, retaliation, discrimination or harassment — in congressional offices, the Capitol Police, the Library of Congress and the office of the Architect of the Capitol between 1997 and 2019.
Around $450,000 of that amount related to payments for violations of Section 201 of the Congressional Accountability Act, which covers sex-based discrimination and harassment in the workplace.
The entrance to former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s office on Capitol Hill on Monday, April 13, 2026. APSince 2019, OCWR has released annual reports disclosing the total amount paid each year to settle sexual, racial and other workplace discrimination complaints, as well as others involving military service.
But the reports only list the congressional office involved — not any members or staff.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and then-Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) previously tried to unseal full information about the awards and settlements in December 2024.
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) had also considered returning to Congress after his resignation to expose all the “Me Too”-era settlements.
Last year, the only settlement listed was paid via the office of then-Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.), now the Secretary of Labor, for $98,650 involving an unidentified form of workplace discrimination.
No settlements occurred in the Senate.
