Did you know that more than $17 million worth of payments have been made over the past 20 years for sexual harassment claims?

Did you know that Rep. Blake Farenthold settled a sexual harassment claim for $84,000?

Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, leaves a meeting in the Capitol in 2015

Did you know that Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, settled a 2014 sexual harassment claim lodged by a former employee, two sources tell NBC News, a revelation that represents the first taxpayer-funded settlement of its kind that has so far been made public.

Did you know that Farenthold's former communications director,

Lauren Greene, brought the complaint against him for sexual harassment, discrimination and a hostile work environment?

Did you know that both parties agreed to settle out of court in 2015?

Lauren Greene

 Did you know that Rep. Gregg Harper of Mississippi, the top Republican on the House Administration Committee, told House Republicans on Friday morning in a closed-door meeting that the Office of Compliance had made just one settlement for sexual harassment complaints, in the amount of $84,000 since 2012?


Did you know that two sources familiar with the case confirmed to NBC News that that settlement was for the complaint against Farenthold?

Bob Packwood,

Did you know that the Office of Congressional Ethics recommendation to to dismiss the case, the House Ethics Committee opened an investigation, which is still open?

Did you know that Farenthold’s payment to Greene was paid by the Office of Compliance, a little-known office that has received increased scrutiny since the issue of sexual harassment has gained prominence around the country and on Capitol Hill?

Did you know that the office was created nearly two decades ago after more than two dozen complaints of sexual harassment led to the resignation of Sen. Bob Packwood, R-Ore?

Did you know that when a settlement is reached through the office, the victim is paid from a taxpayer-funded account?

Did you know that more than $17 million worth of payments have been made over the past 20 years for sexual harassment claims?

Did you know that Harper said he was never told the name of the people involved in the settlement but said in an interview Friday that "there were other allegations within that file?"

Did you know that court complaint from 2015, Greene alleged that Farenthold told another staffer that he had "sexual fantasies" and "wet dreams" about Greene, she also complained that the congressman consistently made comments to her to see if she was interested in a sexual relationship?

Did you know that Greene said that the consistent comment made her work environment uncomfortable?

Did you know that when Greene's complained to Farenthold, he told her that Haueter often treated women staffers in a demeaning way, according to the complaint, a;though one month after she complained to Farenthold, she was fired?

Did you know that the House Administration Committee is conducting an investigation of the sexual harassment complaint process.?

Did you know that when employees file a complaint with the Office of Compliance and must enter into a 30-day counseling period followed by a 30-day mediation and then a 30-day "cooling off" period before a more formal complaint can be filed in court or with a House administrative panel?

Did you know that with the spotlight on sexual harassment on Capitol Hill has also revealed that at least one member of Congress has used a taxpayer-funded office account, known as Member Representational Allowance, or MRA, to quietly settle sexual harassment claims?

Did you know that Rep. John Conyers, who is facing multiple sexual harassment allegations, paid a former employee $27,000 out of his MRA account to settle a complaint outside the official Office of Compliance system?

 Now if you didn't know, now you know...



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