Rob Woodall: “I thank the gentleman for his guidance. Of course, there was no opportunity for the ADA to anticipate the internet, to…”

“I thank the gentleman for his guidance. Of course, there was no opportunity for the ADA to anticipate the internet, to anticipate websites. So it is unclear whether or not Congress intended for websites to fall inside the public accommodations statute. Because of this ambiguity, though, all of the small businesses-- everyone with a website presence, Mr. Chairman--are unclear about whether or not they are violating the law. They don't even have a framework of guidance so that they could comply with the laws that I know each and every one of these credit unions, community banks, and small businesses wants to do. Mr. Chairman, I would ask the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Poe) if he would be willing to commit to working with me to encourage the Justice Department to move forward with some guidance in this area so that we could provide certainty not just to credit unions and not just to community banks, but to all of these small businesses looking to do their very best to comply with the ADA?”