Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, this Pride Month we need to both celebrate the LGBTQI+ community and take action to further LGBTQI+ equality. A vote for today's bill is a vote to do just that. The Financial Services Racial Equity, Inclusion, and Economic Justice Act includes a portion of my bill--the Equality Act--to explicitly prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in credit. I urge my colleagues to support this bill and my amendment to explicitly clarify that all forms of sex discrimination are prohibited by the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. Importantly, my amendment makes clear that discrimination on the basis of sex stereotypes, pregnancy, childbirth, sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics, including intersex traits, are all forms of unlawful sex discrimination under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. No one should be denied access to credit because of who they are or who they love. Yet, 7.7 million LGBT adults 18 and older live in states without statutes explicitly prohibiting LGBT discrimination in credit. A vote for today's bill and my amendment will ensure long-lasting explicit nondiscrimination protections for the LGBTQI+ community and others in credit. I thank Chairwoman Waters for introducing this bill and ensuring it is inclusive of the LGBTQI+ community. I urge my colleagues to stand with the LGBTQI+ community this Pride Month and vote for my amendment and the underlying bill.”