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"the automatic door openers. As you and I both know, those doors can be quite heavy, some of them."
"The Supreme Court Olmstead decision, for example, that people with disabilities have a right to live actively, independently in their communities."
"We need to ensure that the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights completes timely, biennial ADA inspection reports."
"We haven't quite reached that goal yet as a country, but it is a worthy goal that I am bound and determined in my time in Congress to see us get closer to achieving."
"I am the first quadriplegic to serve as a Member of Congress."
"I think things have just taken a lot longer to get where we need to get."
"You are spot on, on that comment."
"It allows someone with a disability to kind of get a feel for the job."
"Physical accessibility of the Capitol complex is something that I think about daily, not by choice, but really out of necessity."
"As Representative Langevin said, public events, such as hearings and markups, need to be accessible, particularly to the deaf community."
"the access to interpreters or realtime broadcasting of the translation of what is said at the hearings would be important."
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James R. Langevin

out of office

usa, Rhode Island

955 Quotes

Born4/22/1964 (age 61)

PartyDemocratic

  • U.S. House of Representatives

    1/3/2001 - 1/15/2022
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