Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution (H. Res. 1504) recognizing and honoring the 20th anniversary of the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the resolution. The text of the resolution is as follows: H. Res. 1504 Whereas July 26, 2010, marks the 20th anniversary of the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; Whereas the Americans with Disabilities Act has been one of the most significant and effective civil rights laws passed by Congress; Whereas, prior to the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, people with disabilities faced significantly lower employment rates, lower graduation rates, and higher rates of poverty than people without disabilities, and were too often denied the opportunity to fully participate in society due to intolerance and unfair stereotypes; Whereas the dedicated efforts of disability rights advocates, including Justin Dart, Jr., and many others, served to awaken Congress and the American people to the discrimination and prejudice faced by individuals with disabilities; Whereas Congress worked in a bipartisan manner to craft legislation making such discrimination illegal; Whereas Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act and President George Herbert Walker Bush signed the Act into law on July 26, 1990; Whereas the purpose of the Americans with Disabilities Act is to fulfill the Nation's goals of equality of opportunity, inde…”