Political Quotes

“I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 8, beginning on line 3, strike ``date of enactment'' and insert ``effective date''. Add the following at the end: SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. (a) GAO Study.--Subject to subsection (b), this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall not take effect until the date the Government Accountability Office reports to the Congress the results of a study such Office carries out to determine whether-- (1) the Supreme Court's decisions in Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc., 557 U.S. 167 (2009), and Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar, 570 U.S. 338 (2013), have discouraged individuals from filing age discrimination charges and title VII retaliation charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, (2) such decisions have discouraged individuals from filing age discrimination cases and title VII cases, and (3) the success rates of age discrimination cases and title VII cases brought has decreased. (b) Limitation.--If the results of the study carried out under subsection (a) show that individuals have not been discouraged as described in such subsection and that the success rate of cases described in such subsection has not decreased, then this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall not take effect. The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 790, the gentleman from Georgia (Mr.…”