Detailed Instructions: In this task, you will be shown a passage. You need to write a fill-in-the-gap question based on your understanding of the events that might be inferred from the passage. Your question should be answerable based on the passage and only have one correct answer. Show the gap in your question with a _ .
Problem:A former member of Congress who now oversees America's federal housing finance organizations said Tuesday that he had 'heard an unseemly rumor' 15 years ago related to last week's sex abuse allegations against former House Speaker Dennis Hastert – but 'took no action.' Mel Watt served 20 years as a North Carolina congressman before his Senate confirmation to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which regulates Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. “Over 15 years ago I heard an unseemly rumor' about Hastert, Watt said in a statement to Daily Mail Online on Tuesday. 'It would not be the first nor last time that I, as a Member of Congress, would hear rumors or innuendoes about colleagues,' he added.Mel Watt, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, was a North Carolina congressman when Dennis Hastert was House speakerA news report Tuesday, based on an anonymous source, claimed he was told about festering sex-abuse allegations against Hastert, and did nothingNow Watt says he 'heard an unseemly rumor' but 'had no direct knowledge of any abuse by former Speaker Hastert and, therefore, took no action'Hastert is charged with concealing huge cash withdrawals that he allegedly paid to a former student at the school where he coached wrestlingFederal law enforcement sources have said the hush money was meant to cover up sexual abuse when the reported victim was a minorPresident Obama appointed Watt to oversee Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2013; the White House ignored requests for comment
Solution:
'He’s represented the people of North Carolina in _ for 20 years.