Bill > SRes262

This resolution authorizes Nichole Kotschwar, the Deputy Staff Director of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, to provide testimony and documents in a specific employment dispute case (In re Architect of the Capitol Employment Dispute) currently pending in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The resolution, drawing on the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, allows the Senate to direct its counsel to represent its current and former employees when they are subpoenaed for evidence related to their official responsibilities. Specifically, the resolution permits Ms. Kotschwar to testify and produce documents, with the caveat that she can still assert privileges or objections for certain matters, and it authorizes the Senate Legal Counsel to represent her in this legal proceeding. This action is consistent with the Senate's traditional privileges, which generally protect Senate-controlled evidence from being taken without Senate permission, while also recognizing that the Senate may cooperate with judicial processes when doing so will promote the administration of justice.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-resolution/262/all-info