On the recordJune 24, 2021
Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, in 2015, the Supreme Court harshly criticized EEOC's conciliation process in the Mach Mining decision, which held that a court may review whether the EEOC satisfied its statutory obligation to engage in conciliation before filing a lawsuit. The agency claimed that two ``bookend letters'' were all that was needed to satisfy the statutory conciliation requirement, one at the beginning of the process announcing a finding of discrimination, and one at the end stating that conciliation had failed. The Supreme Court disagreed and ruled that the EEOC must disclose to the employer ``what practice has harmed which person or class, and provide the employer an `opportunity' to discuss the matter in an effort to achieve voluntary compliance.'' Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
