Congresswoman moves to protect Senate interns from accused molester Roy Moore

Rep. Gwen Moore pushes to protect 'safety of the young men and women' in Senate Page Program

Rep. Gwen Moore pushes to protect 'safety of the young men and women' in Senate Page Program

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As the Alabama Senate race comes to a head today, one congresswoman is worried about the fate of teenage interns in the Senate if Roy Moore is in fact elected.

Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) sent a letter on Monday to the Senate Sergeant at Arms asking the sergeant to “take steps to prepare the Page Program for the possible election of Roy Moore.”

The Page Program includes teenagers who are as young as sixteen and are mostly high school juniors and seniors. Considering the fact that Moore has been accused of having molested several young women when they were underage, Rep. Moore expressed her worry for their safety.

“I write you today to share my urgent concern regarding the threat to the safety of the young men and women working in the United States Senate Page Program if Roy Moore becomes the U.S. senator to Alabama,” Rep. Moore wrote.

“The nature of life on Capitol Hill necessitates long hours in close proximity to lawmakers and staff that can create power dynamics of which young people are not fully aware,” she added, specifically mentioning then-Rep. Mark Foley’s resignation in 2006 for sending sexually suggestive texts to teenage boys in the program.

“It would be unconscionable for Congress not to be vigilant and proactive in taking precautions to safeguard these children given the well sourced allegations against Moore,” she wrote.

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