Rep. Betty McCollum Betty Louise McCollumOVERNIGHT ENERGY: Trump extends Florida offshore drilling pause, expands it to Georgia, South Carolina | Democrats probe Park Service involvement in GOP convention | Sanders attacks 'corporate welfare' to coal industry included in relief package Democrats probe Park Service involvement in GOP convention Overnight Energy: EPA chief outlines vision for agency under 'Trump's second term' | Agency sued over decision not to regulate chemical linked to fetal brain damage MORE (D-Minn.) said she once fought off another lawmaker’s advances using a rolled-up newspaper.

McCollum told The Star Tribune that she used the paper to stop another member of Congress from giving her an unwanted hug in the House cloakroom.

“ ‘What the hell are you doing? Go away!’ ” the lawmaker recounted saying to the congressman.

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She said other lawmakers watched and laughed at the pair as she used the newspaper against him.

“I sort of handled it with humor, but it was very clear,” McCollum said. “He never bothered me again.”

The representative said she’s shut down advances from at least two members of Congress since she was elected to her seat in 2001, but that neither of them remain in office.

“There were two members who, I thought, were very inappropriate in the way they were addressing me, [or] thinking that I wanted a hug,” McCollum told the paper.

McCollum’s comments come as more female lawmakers share stories of sexual harassment in Congress. Speaker Paul Ryan Paul Davis RyanKenosha will be a good bellwether in 2020 At indoor rally, Pence says election runs through Wisconsin Juan Williams: Breaking down the debates MORE announced Wednesday that the House would require mandatory anti-sexual harassment training.

The announcement came just hours after the House Administration Committee held a hearing about sexual harassment in Congress. Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) revealed at that hearing that two current lawmakers have been accused of sexual harassment.

McCollum went public with her story one day before radio host Leeann Tweeden accused Sen. Al Franken Alan (Al) Stuart FrankenGOP Senate candidate says Trump, Republicans will surprise in Minnesota Peterson faces fight of his career in deep-red Minnesota district Getting tight — the psychology of cancel culture MORE (D-Minn.) of kissing and groping her without her consent in 2006, and provided a photo of Franken groping her while she was asleep.

Franken apologized for the incident and called for an ethics investigation into his own behavior.