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Elizabeth Warren

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Elizabeth Ann Warren is an American attorney, academic, and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Massachusetts since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she has been a prominent advocate for consumer protection, economic equality, and corporate regulation. Warren gained national recognition for her work in establishing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and has focused on issues such as student debt relief and healthcare reform during her tenure in the Senate.

Apr 9, 2018

It is critical today that the EEOC remains independent and that those appointed to the Commission make it clear they do not share President Trump's views on race, civil rights, women, people with disabilities, or the LGBTQ community.

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Apr 9, 2018

The EEOC has a key role to play in ensuring that all workers in this country can do their job free of harassment and free of discrimination.

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Apr 9, 2018

Now, the Trump administration has proposed decreasing the EEOC's budget, which the Commission's own budget request said would result in a, quote, 'Net attrition of investigators.'

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Apr 9, 2018

I would think we might work together to try to get a time agreement for those two nominees who have been waiting since October.

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Apr 9, 2018

But for the EEOC to really stamp out harassment in America's workplaces, we need to keep fighting for the funding it needs to be able to do its job.

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Apr 9, 2018

From our perspective, from day one, President Trump has rolled back worker protections and made it easier for corporations to take advantage of and discriminate against their workers.

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Apr 9, 2018

I am very concerned you will not forcefully defend the rights of LGBTQ employees, and others, when business owners try to use their personal religious beliefs as an excuse to disregard their employees' civil rights.

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Apr 2, 2018

we believe there is no medically valid reason, including a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, to exclude transgender individuals from military service.

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Mar 21, 2018

I really resent that remark. I have asked the question about how it is that delaying enforcement of rules that were already in place, to delay--to help end housing discrimination would help.

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Mar 21, 2018

Fifty years ago, Congress passed the Fair Housing Act, but housing discrimination is still a huge problem in this country.

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Mar 21, 2018

I just see you heading in the wrong direction; that is, going backwards.

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