Andrea Joy Campbell: “I profoundly believe in goes to the question of fairness, that we ought not discriminate against people on the basis of…”

“I profoundly believe in goes to the question of fairness, that we ought not discriminate against people on the basis of their race or their gender, and least of all should the Federal Government make such distinctions. And so, it is deeply hurtful to those of us who believe that government should not make these distinctions to hear the argument made that to ban discrimination necessarily leads to affirmative action. Because if we hold that, we give the strength to the argument on the other side of all of these arguments that I, and our good friend and colleague the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Canady), have been attempting: namely, to end the use of race, to end the use of gender, to end quotas and timetables and numerical goals on race and gender, by the federal government. I profoundly say to them, that is false, that I can and am against discrimination, but I will not tolerate the Federal Government deciding who gets a job because of the color of their skin.”