Debbie Dingell on Conyers: ‘I Find It Very, Very, Very Deeply Disturbing’

‘This needs to not be one of these extended, prolonged investigations’

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SCIUTTO: " Joining me now is democratic congresswoman Debbie dingle of Michigan. She recently revealed here on CNN her own past experience with sexual harassment. Thank you, congresswoman dingle, for joining us today. You heard the news there, catholic line rice, a democratic colleague of yours in the house calling for Conyers to step down and resign from Congress as a whole. Do you share her feeling?"
DINGELL: "You know, this is what — this kind of behavior is absolutely despicable. So what is alleged is deeply disturbing, deeply bothersome and we are finally moving to a point where some businesses are having zero tolerance. We’re not there yet for the tip waitress or the factory floor worker or the lawyer, but we also have to make sure that we — people still remain innocent until proven guilty. This is at the ethics committee. They need to do it quick. This needs to not be one of these extended, prolonged investigations. If the facts are proven to be true, the house is going to take appropriate action."
SCIUTTO: "In this case, though, he agreed to a payment for this — which presumes some substance to these allegations already. What is the ethics committee have to investigate?"
DINGELL: "He is denying the — clearly the evidence would appear that there was an — I don’t know that. What I’m deeply disturbed about is this climate of we’ve seen other allegations that have quickly proven not be be true as well, bots last Friday. So I do think we’ve got to remember due process for everybody, but I am just, you know, I was one of the first people to call for an ethics committee investigation yesterday because I am just — I find it very, very, very deeply disturbing."

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