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“Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I thank Mr. Morelle for yielding me the customary 30 minutes. I would parenthetically note that it took about 30 minutes to read the actual rule itself, so this is one of the longer rules that we have had under consideration. There are six measures included in this rule. First is a bill that seeks to protect older Americans from discrimination in the workplace, protection which already exists. There are two bills that failed to pass on suspension last week, and three Congressional Review Act resolutions. The legislation considered in this rule will revoke commonsense regulations, expand the Federal Government, and create duplicative and unnecessary red tape for America's small businesses, employees, and consumers. {time} 1230 In 1967, Congress enacted the Age Discrimination in Employment Act to protect applicants and employees over 40 years old from discrimination on the basis of age in employment matters. This act is enforced by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. In 2009, the Supreme Court held in the case of Gross v. FBL Financial Services that the standard of proof for a claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act requires that age stand alone as the cause of the adverse action rather than in conjunction with other evidentiary factors. In 2013, the Supreme Court also ruled, in the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v.…”