a meeting with leader pelosi early. rice says that pelosi wasn't talking enough about what she called the elephant in the room. the harassment issue. >> we show no moral authority whatsoever as a body. this is why only 6% of americans think that congress is doing a good job. you can see the actions that cbs and nbc take when there's allegations against well known men in positions of power. we don't do the same. it's a disgrace. >> now, rice, the democrat from new york, is one of the sponsors of new bipartisan legislation that was rolled out last hour that would stop letting members of congress and their staff use tax dollars to settle harassment cases and it would disclose the amounts used in tax settlements along with the accused lawmaker's names. >> if you're somebody that is in power and you can miss behave, the taxpayer will bail you out and keep it secret from everywhere so your constituents will never know about it.