Eva M. Clayton: “this amendment makes abundantly good sense for very good and practical reasons. If indeed we believe in our laws, we…”

“this amendment makes abundantly good sense for very good and practical reasons. If indeed we believe in our laws, we must have a structure for the enforcement. The EEOC is the structure that we have committed ourselves to for the enforcement of all the rights now that we have put on the books. To put laws to protect workers in the workplace, to put laws to protect against discrimination, to put laws against age discrimination and not have any mechanism for enforcement is to say to the American people, ``We really were not serious when we put those laws on,'' or to take the structure away from them. So this amendment allows for us to keep our commitment, making sure it is, indeed, enforced. Beyond that, it is also a fiscally responsible way of enforcing our laws. What rights do we have? We have the rights to go into courts. We can ameliorate these, or we can fine-tune these for dispute resolutions. It is the EEOC that does that. So not only for good constitutional reasons, but also for very practical reasons, I ask Members to support this amendment.”