Government should work for us, not against us.
it made much more sense to create this mechanism to provide the employment fringe benefits, and that's what this bill is...
Marriage by another name is of concern to me and I think the majority of Americans.
correcting a longstanding injustice which has resulted in some Federal workers not receiving equal pay for equal work.
These provisions have been specifically added as strong fraud prevention language.
We lag behind in the fact that the Federal Government does not offer these employment benefits.
I, in no way, view this measure, as limited as it is, as a way to replicate marriage by another name.
I regard this very much as an issue of equal compensation for equal work where we have identified a glaring discrepancy ...
I would hope that the fact that literally thousands of private sector corporations and State and local units of governme...
I think additional clarity, because of the progress being made in a number of States, is warranted.
That would be very welcome.
Congresswoman Baldwin has recommended it be filed with OPM.
this is a mechanism that allows people like myself who've been in a 13-plus-year relationship to be able to provide for ...
Mr. Chairman, I appear before you today both as the lead author of this legislation, but also as a lesbian Federal emplo...
This critical legislation will provide health, life and survivor benefits to same-sex domestic partners of Federal emplo...
Under current law, the Federal Government cannot offer basic benefits like health insurance, life insurance, dental or v...
The Federal Government simply does not effectively compete with these companies for every talented person; we fail to of...
Between 1993 and 2001, this country took the approach of prosecuting terrorism in courtrooms as criminal defendants rath...