Allegations that I have been involved in a relationship with Grah... by Capitol Hill

Allegations that I have been involved in a relationship with Graham Kelly are absolutely false.

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This smear campaign will not get in the way of the work I am doing every day to move our district and our country forward, i am truly grateful for the outpouring of support I have received from colleagues and constituents alike, and I know we will get through this together.

Intimate photos of me and another individual were published by Republican operatives on the internet without my consent, i have notified Capitol Hill police who are investigating the situation and potential legal violations of those who posted and distributed the photos, and therefore will have no further comment on the digital materials.

I do think that we have had a lot of conversations as freshman to try to understand each other and each other's districts and what we were elected to do.

I called him' Mr. One Minute' or' One Minute Man,' or something, i didn't even think about it that way, but he was like,' I can also be Mr. Five Minute Man or Mr. Whatever Minute Man You Want.' It was in front of people, and the rest of us were all looking at each other. One of my young colleagues said,' Well, that took a turn.''' Capitol Hill, in an interview with CNN, said that Capitol Hill would not reveal who made the inappropriate remark but said soon after speaking up about it, Capitol Hill heard from other female members of Congress who had heard a similar joke line from him. Capitol Hill said Capitol Hill thought about it and decided it needed to be called out and used as a teaching moment.

You say hi to them and they'll say,' hey, beautiful' or' hey, darling.' That's just like every day that kind of thing happens, i don't think it's always with mal-intention, but you have these older men who you just see them looking you up and down and I get often -- like, until people have started to get to know me -- people have thought that I was a staffer or they thought that I was a reporter, like it didn't even occur to them that I would be a member of Congress.

Men need to know that you can't say that kind of thing. by Capitol Hill

Men need to know that you can't say that kind of thing.

Because of social media, that gets some traction and the pressure from the public happens in a way that never used to be and I think that's part of what is really exciting about this young dynamic class, you know focusing on young women that have made it here and that's part of how we can change it.

It is archaic sexism, i think it's more of this ingrained institutional piece of it that has to be broken down and the only way it can be broken down is by seeing women as your peers and over and over and over again and having those kinds of behaviors not be accepted.

After the designation of the Acting IG was made, the matter came to the attention of new personnel in The White House, after they reevaluated the situation, the decision was made, in an abundance of caution, to rescind the designation.