Unfortunately, Washington’s system has—for years—done a gross disservice to victims. If a victim has wanted to file a complaint, they’ve had to go to our Office of Congressional Compliance, which Washington created in 1995 to protect itself from being exposed, and it has been remarkably, shamefully successful. Twenty years later, two hundred sixty settlements and more than $15 million have permanently silenced victims of all types of workplace discrimination. In the Office of Compliance, victims are told that they have to spend a month in legal counseling. Then they have to sign a
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