Jackie Speier: “In the last 20 years there have been 260 settlements at a cost to the taxpayers of this country of $15 million. That $15…”

“In the last 20 years there have been 260 settlements at a cost to the taxpayers of this country of $15 million. That $15 million has been there to silence victims of all types of workplace discrimination. Today we are here to change that. Abusers and sexual predators have thrived in the shadows, in our system where all the power is deliberately taken away from the survivor.”