Employment Non-Discrimination Act

Sep 23, 2009

House Committee Education and Labor

Witnesses testified about the proposed Employment Non-Discrimination Act. The legislation to prohibit employers from discriminating against minorities, and would prohibit bias on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Exempt from the bill were the armed services, veterans' service groups, religious organizations and groups with .. Read More
Witnesses testified about the proposed Employment Non-Discrimination Act. The legislation to prohibit employers from discriminating against minorities, and would prohibit bias on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Exempt from the bill were the armed services, veterans' service groups, religious organizations and groups with fewer than 15 employees. In the third panel supporters and opponents of the bill testified about the prevalence of workforce discrimination and possible consequences of enacting the legislation. Vandy Beth Glenn, who's transgender, her termination after she announced she was transitioning from male to female.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
02:52:15 none I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY COME TODAY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I YIELD BACK.
02:52:20 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN HERE I WANT TO THANK YOU AS WELL AS CHAIRMAN MILLER FOR HOLDING HIS COURT...
02:53:47 Unidentified Speaker I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION, COMING FROM A SOUTHERN COLORADO. IN 1992 AS YOU SAY, AMENDMENT TWO WAS...
02:56:10 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. AS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS WHO HAPPENS TO BE OF THE JEWISH FAITH I SEE A LOT OF SIMILAR TO...
02:56:45 Unidentified Speaker THE SUPREME COURT IN THE ROMER DECISION WAS DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL. JUSTICE KENNEDY WROTE THAT JUST...
02:57:44 Unidentified Speaker THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED.
02:57:48 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, CHAIR. LET ME THANK THE PANEL FOR PARTICIPATING HERE TODAY. THE INFORMATION IS HELPFUL....
02:58:33 Unidentified Speaker YES. THIS WAS SOMEONE WHO WORKED FOR THE HIGHWAY SYSTEM OF NEW YORK, AND HE WAS WORKING IN THAT CITY....
02:59:22 Unidentified Speaker WHAT DO YOU INTERPRET OR WHAT WOULD THAT SUGGEST ABOUT THE INTERSECTION OF FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS...
02:59:36 Unidentified Speaker I THINK IN THESE CASES, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CASES TO DEAL WITH AN EXPRESSION TO A PIECE OF CLOTHING....
03:00:22 Unidentified Speaker RATHER INTERESTING THAT THIS WAS A LOCAL CITY GOVERNMENT.
03:00:28 Unidentified Speaker RIGHT.
03:00:33 Unidentified Speaker YES. THE OTHER CASE ABOUT NEW YORK, WHICH I WAS HAPPY TO STUMBLE ACROSS WAS IN A PAINTING BY JUSTICE...
03:01:28 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU SO MUCH.
03:01:30 Unidentified Speaker THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE SENIOR REPUBLICAN FOR ANY CLOSING REMARKS...
03:01:39 Unidentified Speaker I'M SORRY. THE GENTLE LADY FROM CALIFORNIA. I APOLOGIZE. MY I DID WONDER QUITE THAT FAR, EXCUSE ME....
03:01:47 Unidentified Speaker I WANT TO THANK THE WHOLE PANEL FOR BEING HERE, AND PARTICULARLY I WANT TO THANK PROFESSOR SEARS ACCOUNTS...
03:02:40 Unidentified Speaker YES. FROM OTHER REPORT WE'VE DONE, NOT THIS ONE, WE COLLECTED INFORMATION ABOUT HOW DISCRIMINATION...
03:03:39 Unidentified Speaker AND YOU ALSO STATE THAT LGBT EMPLOYERS ARE RELUCTANT TO PURSUE CLAIM FOR FEAR OF RETALIATION OR ADDING...
03:03:51 Unidentified Speaker YES. THERE ARE SEVERAL STUDIES. I MENTIONED ONE OF THEM EARLIER BY THE TRANSGENDER LAW CENTER THAT...
03:04:52 Unidentified Speaker I YIELD BACK MY TIME.
03:04:53 Unidentified Speaker THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE SENIOR REPUBLICAN MEMBER.
03:04:56 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE PANELIST FOR BEING HERE FOR YOUR TESTIMONY, FOR YOUR...
03:06:44 Unidentified Speaker I THANK EACH OF THE WITNESSES FROM EACH OF THE PANELS FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION, THEIR RESEARCH, THEIR...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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