On Tuesday, April 2 at 10:00 a.m., House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler will hold the first ever hearing on H.R. 5, the Equality Act, historic civil rights legislation that would explicitly prohibit discrimination against the LGBTQ community and strengthen non-discrimination protections for women and other minorities. The hearing will focus on discrimination faced by the LGBTQ community and ways to protect this vulnerable community.
Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement ahead of the hearing:
"Currently, there is no federal law that explicitly prohibits millions of LGBTQ Americans from being denied medical care, fired from their jobs, or thrown out of their homes simply because of who they are. Nearly 50 years after the Stonewall Uprising, it is far past time we expand our civil rights laws to explicitly protect LGBTQ individuals.
"We are breaking years of silence from Congress to hear and understand the invidious discrimination that LGBTQ people have suffered, and advance critical legislation to provide them the same protections as other vulnerable communities and to strengthen protections for other marginalized groups."
The witness list will be posted once available.
Date: Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: 2141 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington D.C.
