Key point seems to be:
…the Committee is reviewing allegations pursuant to Committee Rules 14(a)(3) and 18(a) that Representative Gaetz may have: engaged in sexual misconduct and illicit drug use, accepted improper gifts, dispensed special privileges and favors to individuals with whom he had a personal relationship, and sought to obstruct government investigations of his conduct.
Kids cant consent to sex with an adult. It doesnt change at 12 or 16 or 17.
You fuck a 17 year old when youre 36, yes you committed statutory rape.