On the recordDecember 22, 2022
I want to start by saying something very simple about what we are about to vote on. This bill is about two words: reasonable accommodations. It is as simple as that. More than 30 years ago, we passed the Americans with Disabilities Act, which said something very simple as well. It said that a worker with a disability in the workplace should have reasonable accommodations, not any accommodation--reasonable accommodations. Thirty years of case law, thirty years of testing that principle have shown us that pregnant workers should have the same protections, reasonable accommodations, so that if a woman is pregnant in the workforce, she can do her job and have a healthy and safe pregnancy. That is all this bill is about. The organizations supporting it are across the board. Every organization you can think of is supporting this bill. I urge a ``yes'' vote, similar to the House vote on this, which was 315 to 101, more than three quarters of the House. I turn now to my colleague Senator Cassidy.
