congress. the big surprise, neil, that he used a secret bureaucratic process congress has set up to handle harassment claims. the secret pay-out system has caught people on both sides of the aisle off guard. i think the american people deserve to understand what has been going on under the dome of the capitol. this is not a republican problem or a democratic problem. paul ryan calls the report troubling. he said he knew nothing about the pay-out and john boehner said he found out about the settlement through buzz feed s reporting. conyers still denies the allegations and says he only settled to save everyone from ongoing litigation saying in a statement, the resolution was not for millions of dollars but rather for an amount that equated to a reasonable severance payment. i will fully cooperate with an investigation, he said.
it s disgusting. president trump is withholding further justice on the two democrats for now. i just heard about conyers 2 minutes ago. as far as franken is concerned, he s going to have to speak for himself. prominent democrats are demanding transparency. i think speaker paul ryan and later mcconnell should open up the books. i think the american people deserve to understand what has been going on under the dome of the capital. president trump agrees. publish a list of lawmakers who have settled suits. i do, i really do. it s not clear if taxpayers can be refunded for money used to settle harassment claims but republican congresswoman barbara comstock is trying to fix the flawed house rules. let s make sure there is no more money going forward while we are reviewing this process. those in favor say aye. comstock hopes accountability will discourage that behavior.
congresswomen, are they safe enough? do you feel as if there needs to be some sort of change in policy with regard to how you guys are protected when you re just out and about, when you re not under the dome behind me? well, i would say that is a serious question that s being asked today, and our leaders are discussing it. whenever there is a large gathering of members, i think they do become a target, and i think we need to rethink whether or not they deserve to have some level of security. the extent to which our homes are insecure is something else that needs to be addressed as well. congresswoman jackie speier, congresswoman, always appreciate your insight. thank you. katy, i know you ll have much more on the other big stories we re watching coming up, but first new details emerging about the gunman, that 66-year-old man, including what may have motivated him to open fire wednesday. we ll also have a conversation with a republican lawmaker about the tone, about the tenor in the
legislation, we ll have a tough time getting covered. but if he and i were screaming and yelling at one another, calling each other s names, there is a greater likelihood that would be covered rather than than the more mundane thing of working together. congressman brat was here a short time ago a congressman barton was here and said he says the president deserves more. under the dome of policy, we can work together, in the weight room, w get together after work, socialize. but then we all ought to reject these negative, nasty campaign commercials, right? that ought to be anne ethical rule. both sides agree, hit numbers hard, my numbers will hit people more, but no personal attacks, no smear stuff, no outside groups you just kind of wink at
that s off base, and so policy, yeah, duke it out, go at each other the rules change. everyone gets all worked up on that. you still got first amendment freedom of speech. within that freedom we ought to choose voluntarily to treat each to follow the golden rule. treat people like you want to be treated. i mentioned this in the town halls back home. believe it or not, despite what people perceive, most of us, including dave and myself, get along very well here. whether it s on the members gym, or the house floor. we have very different views but we ve gotten along, actually came in together. that s more common than people realize. is it possibly common under the dome, but when you get on news shows, talking to reporters i think we all have the responsibility to check ourselves in wait that we speak. i will point out in times when i m working with one of my republican colleagues back home and we re working on important