Gwen Moore: “The Office of Civil Rights was put in there through the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This office is responsible for…”

“The Office of Civil Rights was put in there through the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This office is responsible for investigating thousands of allegations of discrimination each year, which includes enforcing Federal laws, ensuring equal educational access, and preventing discrimination. I think it is very important because what we have seen is that so-called disabled people or differently abled people have made such tremendous contributions to our culture and to our society. I am thinking of very famous people like Thomas Edison, Franklin Roosevelt, and Fannie Lou Hamer, people who have had polio, who have been in wheelchairs, and physicists who have contributed. It is important to leave nobody behind because the education of everybody is important to our national security interests and our economic interests. I am so happy that Mrs. Hayes has raised this in this Special Order hour, and I thank her for allowing me to participate.”