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NADLER STATEMENT ON GOP PASSAGE OF BILL TO LEGALIZE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST TRANS, INTERSEX, AND NON-BINARY STUDENT ATHLETES

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Washington, DC—Yesterday, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Vice Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus issued the following statement ahead of today’s passage of House Republicans’ so-called “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act.” Congressman Nadler urged his colleagues to oppose this bigoted legislation, which unfairly targets and perpetuates a false narrative of trans and…

Chairman Nadler Statement for the Markup of H.R. 4445, the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act

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Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during the markup of H.R. 4445, the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act:  "Yesterday, this Committee heard powerful testimony from four survivors of sexual assault and sexual harassment about their harrowing…

Chairman Nadler Floor Statement in Support of H.R. 5, the Equality Act

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Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following statement on the House floor in support of H.R. 5, the Equality Act, which explicitly prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity: "I rise today in strong support of H.R. 5, the 'Equality Act,' which amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and…

Congressman Nadler Statement Celebrating Passage of Equality Act

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Washington, D.C. —Today, after H.R. 5, the Equality Act, passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 224 to 206, Rep, Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following statement: "I would like to begin by thanking Congressman Cicilline for his leadership on this landmark legislation, and to Speaker Pelosi for her steadfast support of this legislation. "The Equality Act…

Members of Congress to President Trump: Remove Policies Discriminating Against LGBTQ Individuals

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Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), along with Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Representative Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) and 116 members of Congress, called on President Trump to direct the federal government to remove all regulations, executive orders and agency policies that discriminate…

Nadler & Cohen Denounce Trump Administration Rollback of Civil Rights Protections in Healthcare

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Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Chair Steve Cohen (D-TN) denounced the Trump Administration's decision to eliminate health care protections for vulnerable communities, including LGBTQ individuals. The new rule from the Trump Administration also rolls back…

Nadler & Cohen Statement on SCOTUS Ruling Protecting LGBTQ Workers from Discrimination

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Washington, D.C. – In response to the Supreme Court’s ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Chair Steve Cohen…

Chairman Nadler Statement on the Passing of Aimee Stephens

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Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement in response to the passing of Aimee Stephens, plaintiff in R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral v. EEOC and Aimee Stephens , a Supreme Court case where the Court is expected to rule on whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits gender identity…

Rep. Nadler Sends Letter to ICE Demanding End of Transgender Migrant Detention

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Washington, D.C. —Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler joined a group of forty Members of Congress in calling for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to release all transgender individuals currently in detention. LGBTQ immigrants are 97 times more likely to be sexually victimized in detention than straight and cis-gender immigrants and at…

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