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On the recordMay 14, 2021
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 30 seconds. Mr. Speaker, the chairman of the committee just said that this is going to stop the patchwork of laws related to this issue. Au contraire, Mr. Chairman. This is going to add to the confusion, which is the point I have been making over and over and over again. Simple addition of the reference to the Civil Rights Act would keep us from adding to the patchwork of laws and the confusion that this bill is going to create. And I am sorely disappointed that we could not work out this last little accommodation. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

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