Some of the lawmakers that were aided by taxpayers include Representatives John Conyers, Jr., Blake Farenthold, and former representative Eric Massa, The Hill reported.
According to the outlet, Conyers paid more than $27,000 back in 2015 to settle a dispute with a former aide, while taxpayers footed the bill to Farenthold's $84,000 settlement in 2014.
But Massa topped both politicians after paying off nearly $100,000 to settle allegations made by at least two aides, ABC News reported.
"We haven't even really whipped the bill that hard yet," DeSantis told the outlet Friday. "There's just a lot of momentum for action."
While Speier's legislation would also have the Office of Compliance publish the name of officials involved in settlements, DeSantis' bill calls for non-disclosure agreements not to be a condition of settlements and to require politicians and staff members who've been accused in the past to reimburse the Treasury Department — with interest.
Not too surprisingly, both officials have admitted to getting some pushback from their initiatives, with many complaining that lawmakers and staff simply wouldn't be able to afford the payback.
Speier's response? "Don't engage in that kind of" behavior, the California official told the publication.
As for DeSantis, he believes that the majority of the wrongdoers are more than likely higher-ups and not lower level staffers.
"I would say that if we unveil these claims, I think you'll find that some of the offenders are not some legislative correspondent," DeSantis said. "It's going to be mostly chiefs of staff, and people who have authority."
"I mean, that's why they're doing this," he added.
"I have already heard the rumblings of a backlash: ‘This is why you shouldn't hire women,'" Sandberg wrote in a Facebook post Sunday, referring to slew of sexual misconduct allegations in the workplace. "Actually, this is why you should."
Rather than trying to place a band-aid on the issue, Sandberg suggests companies should instead arrange training sessions on proper work behavior and establish a process that will take all claims seriously and be able to respond to allegations quickly and decisively.
Since the whirlwind of allegations began to trickle into the spotlight, both the House of Representatives and the Senate have launched resolutions that so far require politicians and staff members to participate in sexual harassment awareness training.
