Maxine Dexter said "we are wasting valuable time trying to ban the display of Pride flags in any workplace or common area at the Department of Defense. This is time that could be used to fund the government or lower costs for working families. This obsession with attacking, dehumanizing, and villainizing our LGBTQIA+ community is as sick as it is a waste of time. Trump is using the same tired playbook authoritarian regimes have used throughout history. He is dehumanizing our most vulnerable to divide us and distract us from the fact of his failure to meaningfully improve the lives of the people he was elected to serve. Mr. Chair, we see this for what it is, and we refuse to let them win. We will not erase the LGBTQIA+ community." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordSeptember 10, 2025

we are wasting valuable time trying to ban the display of Pride flags in any workplace or common area at the Department of Defense. This is time that could be used to fund the government or lower costs for working families. This obsession with attacking, dehumanizing, and villainizing our LGBTQIA+ community is as sick as it is a waste of time. Trump is using the same tired playbook authoritarian regimes have used throughout history. He is dehumanizing our most vulnerable to divide us and distract us from the fact of his failure to meaningfully improve the lives of the people he was elected to serve. Mr. Chair, we see this for what it is, and we refuse to let them win. We will not erase the LGBTQIA+ community.

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Maxine Dexter

Oregon

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govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Addressing the ban on Pride flags in the Department of Defense during a congressional debate.

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