“I am so tired of white men failing up”: Ayanna Pressley slams FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg for sexual misconduct report. Yahoo! Voices
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Rep.AyannaPressleyonWednesdayslammedFederalDepositInsuranceCorporationChairMartinGruenbergforareportthatdetailedrampantsexualmisconductanddiscriminationattheagency.
TheMassachusettsDemocratcriticizedthelackofwomenrepresentedonthepaneloffinancialregulatorsataHouseFinancialServicesCommitteehearing,andsharedherconcernsforthehundredsofwomenattheFDICwhoexperiencedharassmentwithnorecourse.
“Foroveradecade,theFDIC,underyourleadershipandyourpredecessors,ignoredthem,”Pressleysaid.“ChairGruenberginNovember…youstatedthattheFDICalreadyhas‘appropriatepoliciesandproceduresinplace.’Doyounowagree…thatthepoliciesandproceduresinplacehavebeenacataclysmicfailureandanaffronttothemanywomenwhohavebeenharassed,pushedoutoftheFDIC,andforcedtochangetheircareergoalsandlifetrajectory?”
“Theyhavefailed,yes,”Gruenbergreplied.“’Small,’‘asha
