Political Quotes

“I really appreciate my colleague setting up this Special Order to talk about something that is so incredibly important and often not really brought to the surface. I am here today to join my colleagues in support for the FAIR Act, because I don't believe that victims of racial discrimination should be forced into a secretive process in which they have no access to justice and accountability. This is especially important to me because of the story of two Floridians, Glenda and Peter Perez. Both worked for Cigna until forced arbitration absolutely ruined their lives. {time} 1630 As reported by Business Insider, everything was going well and, ``They were living in a newly built home in Ruskin, Florida, happily raising their three kids.'' That is what they say about themselves. But due to forced arbitration, things turned for the worse. Two years ago, Glenda, who is Latinx, was fired after reporting racial discrimination. Unknown to her, buried in the fine print of the employment agreement she signed along with other onboarding documents when she was first hired was a forced arbitration clause, so Glenda had no choice but to go into forced arbitration proceedings.…”