Rep. Lauren Boebert ignited a fiery clash among House Republicans on Wednesday after blasting colleagues who blocked an effort to force Congress to release information about taxpayer-funded payouts tied to sexual misconduct allegations.

The Colorado Republican delivered the sharp rebuke during a House Oversight Committee hearing, where Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina introduced a motion aimed at exposing settlements that have been used to silence victims of alleged harassment and abuse by members of Congress.

Boebert praised Mace’s effort and sharply criticized lawmakers who opposed similar transparency measures earlier in the day.

“I want to thank Congresswoman Nancy Mace for introducing this privileged motion,” Boebert said during the hearing.

She argued that forcing disclosure of the payouts should be a routine effort until Congress agrees to full transparency.

“I think at this point, this is something that should be introduced on a weekly basis,” she said. “I am absolutely disgusted that we could even get to 50 members of Congress who want immediate transparency.”

The controversy centers on a long-running system in which taxpayer funds have historically been used to settle workplace misconduct claims involving members of Congress and congressional offices.

Critics have argued that the process allowed allegations to be quietly resolved without public disclosure, effectively shielding lawmakers from scrutiny while victims were required to sign confidentiality agreements.

Boebert framed the issue as a betrayal of promises lawmakers make to voters during campaigns.

“Don’t we all campaign on transparency?” she asked. “Don’t we all go out and tell the American voters that we are leaders and that we are going to get justice for them, that we are going to do right by them?”

She then escalated her criticism, accusing Congress of using millions of dollars in taxpayer money as hush payments.

“And then we hire their daughters to come work for us,” Boebert said. “And your tax dollars — millions and millions of dollars — has been used in this slush fund as hush money to silence victims who have been sexually harassed, sexually abused by members of Congress.”

Boebert also drew a comparison to the widespread public focus on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, arguing that misconduct within Congress itself deserves the same level of attention.

“Everyone wants to talk about Epstein,” she said. “But this is happening right here in our nation’s capital.”

Earlier in the day, a majority of House Republicans voted against advancing a similar motion that would have forced disclosure of settlement information.

Boebert accused those lawmakers of intentionally sending the proposal to committee so it would quietly die.

“To every member who voted to send this to committee, where you know this was sent to die on the House floor just moments ago,” she said, “I hope you have a darn good reason to tell your constituents why you were not going to stand up for the victims.”

Her most pointed remarks came near the end of her comments, when she challenged colleagues to explain their votes to their families.

“To the members who voted against this, go home and tell your daughters what you did today,” she said.

“Go home and tell your daughters what happens in the workplace — no matter where it is, in your hometown or in your nation’s capital — and tell them what you did to help continue to cover up decades of corruption.”

The Oversight Committee debate highlighted growing divisions within the Republican conference over how aggressively Congress should expose past misconduct cases involving lawmakers.

While Mace and Boebert argue that transparency is necessary to restore public trust, opponents have raised concerns about due process and the handling of confidential settlements.