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| https://cooper.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/cooper-applauds-mandatory-sexual-harassment-training-in-congress | Cooper Applauds Mandatory Sexual Harassment Training in Congress | 2017-11-15 | 2017 | 2017-11 | Democrat | House | TN | Jim Cooper | C000754 | cooper.house.gov | legacy | WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-05) today applauded Speaker Paul Ryan’s announcement to require all House Members and staff to complete a sexual harassment training course that was merely voluntary until yesterday. Rep. Cooper’s personal office policy had already required that he and his staff complete the House’s sexual harassment training course. “A little more than a year ago, our state attorney general issued a report outlining pervasive sexual harassment at the Tennessee legislature,” Rep. Cooper said. “Congress should probably have a similar report done on itself in order to curb harassment of any type, anywhere. We should be doing the nation’s business and solving problems – not creating terrible new ones.” Several current and former Members of Congress and congressional employees have described detailed stories of sexual harassment in recent news accounts. Speaker Ryan yesterday said the new House-wide policy would take effect “going forward.” | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |