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Deschutes County cases: 9,750 (16 new cases)
Deschutes County deaths: 79 (zero new deaths)
Crook County cases: 1,231 (4 new cases)
Crook County deaths: 22 (zero new deaths)
Jefferson County cases: 2,335 (3 new cases)
Jefferson County deaths: 38 (zero new deaths)
Oregon cases: 202,995 (330 new cases)
Oregon deaths: 2,691 (5 new deaths)
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125 new cases
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BY CHRIS LEHMAN
The Oregonian
The Oregon House Con-
duct Committee voted Friday
to recommend that Rep. Brad
Witt, D-Clatskanie, undergo
“coaching and training appro-
priate for his conduct viola-
tion” after he texted a female
colleague that culminated with
him asking her to “find some-
thing better than dinner or
beer” to bring them together
after she rejected each of those
options.
Witt said his texts were an
attempt to discuss legislative
business with Rep. Vikki
Breese-Iverson, R-Prineville,
who serves as co-chair of the
House Agriculture and Natural
Resources Committee. At the
time, Witt was the committee’s
chair.
Breese-Iverson filed a com-
plaint, saying the text messages
were harassment and that Witt
was implying that he would
vote for one of Breese-Iverson’s
bills in exchange for a date or
sexual favors. An independent
investigator hired by the Leg-
islature to look into the com-
plaint found that Breese-Iver-
son was “not unreasonable” to
interpret the messages as ha-
rassment, but that Witt was not
Witt
Breese-Iverson
posals, arguing they weren’t
enough of a punishment.
“At some point we need to
send a message to knock it off,”
said Rep. Ron Noble, R-Mc-
Minnville. “The whole idea
is to change the culture. If we
don’t make the right decision
here, we’re going to continue
to marginalize people in the
workplace.”
Noble offered two propos-
als of his own: that Witt be re-
moved from all committees,
and that Witt be “formally cen-
sured and admonished” on the
House floor. Democrats voted
against those.
Rep. Tawna Sanchez, D-Port-
land, said a formal censure was
not needed at this point.
“I guess I feel like we’ve al-
ready done that,” she said. “And
sadly, there’s already been a
reprimand in the media.”
Fahey suggested she would
support a reprimand instead
of a censure. There’s little prac-
tical difference between the
two, although Fahey said un-
like a recommendation to cen-
sure Witt, a mere reprimand
the result of the investigation.
That decision was formal-
ized by House Speaker Tina
Kotek, D-Portland, who has
broad authority to assign or
remove members from com-
mittees.
On Friday, Conduct Com-
mittee members acknowledged
that Kotek could simply keep
the gavel out of Witt’s hands
regardless of whether they for-
mally recommended it.
“I would hope that the
Speaker does not reappoint-
ment him as chair of that com-
mittee or other committees for
the remainder of his term,” said
Fahey.
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actually trying to trade his vote.
Earlier in the week, the bi-
partisan Conduct Committee
found that Witt engaged in
“unwanted conduct of a sexual
nature” and that he violated
workplace rules against sexual
harassment.
The Conduct Committee’s
vote on Friday to recommend
“coaching and training” for
Witt was unanimous, but the
four-member panel dead-
locked on several other pos-
sible consequences. Any dis-
ciplinary recommendation
requires at least three yes votes
from the committee to move
forward.
The two Democrats on the
four-member panel supported
proposals to remove Witt from
any committees that Breese-
Iverson also serves on, and to
ban Witt from chairing any
legislative committees through
the end of his current two-year
term.
“Someone who isn’t aware of
the fact that the statements in
those texts could be interpreted
in multiple ways shouldn’t be
in a position of power in this
building,” said Rep. Julie Fahey,
D-Eugene.
The two Republicans on the
committee rejected those pro-
would not go before the full
House, and would simply be
recorded in the House journal
as having taken place in the
committee.
Republicans signaled that
they wouldn’t support a vote
to simply reprimand Witt, and
Fahey never made the motion.
At an initial meeting in April
to review the complaint filed
by Breese-Iverson, Conduct
Committee members consid-
ered whether to remove Witt as
chair of the House Agriculture
and Natural Resources Com-
mittee. The committee decided
not to, but Witt said he would
voluntarily step aside pending
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