J.C. Watts: “Amendment No. 31 offered by Mr. Watts of Oklahoma: Add at the end title II the following new subtitle: Subtitle…”

“Amendment No. 31 offered by Mr. Watts of Oklahoma: Add at the end title II the following new subtitle: Subtitle C--Exemption of Communications Pertaining to Civil Rights and Issues Affecting Minorities SEC. 221. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) More than 70 million people in the United States belong to a minority race. (2) More than 34 million people in the United States are African American, 35 million are Hispanic or Latino, 10 million are Asian, and 2 million are American Indian or Alaska Native. (3) Minorities account for around 24 percent of the U.S. workforce. (4) Minorities, who owned fewer than 7 percent of all U.S. firms in 1982, now own more than 15 percent. Minorities owned more than 3 million businesses in 1997, of which 615,222 had paid employees, generated more than $591 billion in revenues, created more than 4.5 million jobs, and provided about $96 billion in payroll to their workers.”