zarda didn't raise his current claim to the eeoc? >> i quote, i am not, not being underlined, making this charge on the grounds that i was discriminated on the ground of my sexual orientation. that's special appendix 3, paragraph 2, that's his sworn affidavit to the eeoc. >> how was he going to do that at the time though? baldwin hadn't been issued and eeoc had taken a contrary position a week after baldwin is issued, he files a motion for reconsideration before the district court to reconsider the summary judgment on exactly that basis. how could he have done anything else to tee up that issue? >> same way-- she came out and said i am making this claim because i was discriminated against because of my sexual orientation. if they want to assert the claim and if they want to change the law they have to plead facts that support that. >> how about eeoc charge, right? his eeoc charge he says and i quote, in addition to being discriminated against because of sexual orientation, also fired against-- discriminated against because of gender,

lemonis: so you filed a claim with the eeoc.ace, and i knew it wasn't a healthy situation, but to find out that she filed a complaint with a federal agency for sexual harassment, and to find out that he's now terminated her employment after everything that's happened. this is a real big problem. let me get ahold of him, and i'll get back with you, okay? grace: sounds good. thank you. lemonis: take care. bye-bye. grace: okay, bye-bye. it's 6 am. 40 million americans are waking up to a gillette shave. and at our factory in boston, more than a thousand workers are starting their day building on over a hundred years of heritage, craftsmanship and innovation. today we're bringing you america's number one shave at lower prices every day. putting money back in the pockets of millions of americans. as one of those workers, i'm proud to bring you gillette quality for less, because nobody can beat the men and women of gillette. gillette - the best a man can get. join t-mobile today, and get an unlimited family plan with netflix included.

chairman powell: i am not at all familiar with the british bill or the eeoc proposed rule. these are the kind of things that congress should consider. .e have an important job to do for now we are going to stick to that and achieve that. >> i respect that. some degree of equitable distribution of the benefits of a good economy is your job. not perfect equity but in the one aspect you can control, overseeing 7000 financial institutions. don't you think it is a fair women,o ask how they pay african-americans, hispanics? you don't think that as a fair thing for you to ask? chairman powell: i don't think it is a question for the fed. >> boy. that is a great answer. >> the time has expired. >> thank you. thek you for coming before committee. chairman powell, it is my understanding the fed has been developing an alternative to , has there been a robust cost-benefit analysis conducted regarding the impact to shifting relative to to this? say the powell: let me situation with libel is such that the financial conduct authority in london is said they will not compel banks to submit s

that's a violation of the eeoc compliance manual. it's also a violation of title 7 of the 1964 civil rights act. so meta purports to be a champion of civil rights, but in the process, it wants to, you know, violate what is the bed rock of civil rights in this country. and that's -- thank you -- thank you for having me. >> president hillis: thank you. any public comment in support of the project and opposed to the dr. seeing none, dr, sir you have a two-minute rebuttal. >> thank you. i just want to address a couple of those issues that he noted, and i'll start with the last one, which is that as i said, not only was our lawyer and meta comfortable with the legal language as it existed before, suggesting elements of a local hire and that have been signed before in the mission, but hearing his continued concerns, we even went so far as to considerably rewrite them even more in a way that we felt was well and beyond anything that could be questioned, and you can see -- i only have one copy, unfortunately, but if people want to take a loo

it's equitable or not >> first, again, i'm not at all familiar with either of the british bill or the eeoc proposed rule that was -- i'm not familiar with either of those. and these are the kind of things that congress should consider. you know, we have a job, we have a really important job to do that you assigned us to do and for now, we're going to stick to that and try to achieve -- >> i respect that. i want you to stick to that but as we talked about earlier, some degree of equitable distribution of the benefits of a good economy is your job not perfect equity or every aspect, but the one aspect that you can control, don't you think it's a fair thing to ask how they pay their women, how they pay their african-americans, how they pay the hispanics, if it's based on fairness or based on some degree of discrimination? you don't think that's a fair thing for you to ask >> i don't think it's a question for the fed. i mean i think it's a question for other agencies and for really -- >> you think it will be -- >> boy, that's a great answer. i you think we'll hear more about this >> the chair

a.d.a., in fact, for example, requires a plaintiff to first file administrative complaint with the eeoc. unlike a complaint filed in federal court, it's a method for parties to try to resolve the case before litigation through a contil silliation process. as part of this process, the plaintiff is required to fill out a form that puts the recipient on notice of the alleged issues. title 2 of the civil rights act has a similar process. at this time it's my pleasure to yield two minutes to the gentleman from california, mr. calvert. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized for two minutes. mr. calvert: i thank the chairman. mr. speaker, the goal of the americans with disabilities act is to provide access for the disabled. that goal must be pursued and protected. it's important to distinguish, however, that the a.d.a. is not intended to feed drive-by lawsuits and put good people out of business. unfortunately, my state, california, has become ground zero for abusive a.d.a. lawsuits. i've heard many small businesses in my congressional district who have fallen victim to abusive

a.d.a., in fact, for example, requires a plaintiff to first file administrative complaint with the eeoc. unlike a complaint filed in federal court, it's a method for parties to try to resolve the case before litigation through a contil silliation process. as part of this process, the plaintiff is required to fill out a form that puts the recipient on notice of the alleged issues. title 2 of the civil rights act has a similar process. at this time it's my pleasure to yield two minutes to the gentleman from california, mr. calvert. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized for two minutes. mr. calvert: i thank the chairman. mr. speaker, the goal of the americans with disabilities act is to provide access for the disabled. that goal must be pursued and protected. it's important to distinguish, however, that the a.d.a. is not intended to feed drive-by lawsuits and put good people out of business. unfortunately, my state, california, has become ground zero for abusive a.d.a. lawsuits. i've heard many small businesses in my congressional district who have fallen victim to abusive

>> first, i'm not at all familiar with the british bill or the eeoc proposed rule. not familiar with either of those. these are the kinds of things congress sheriff's departme congress should consider. we have an important job to do. for now, we're going to stick to that, try to achieve. >> i respect that. i want you to stick to that. as we talked about earlier, some degree of equitiable distribution of benefits of a good economy is your job. not perfect equity, not every aspect, but in one aspect you can control, overseeing 7,000 financial institutions, don't you think it is a fair thing to ask how they pay their women? how they pay african-americans? how they pay hispanics? if it is based on fairness or based on some degree of discrimination? you don't think that's a fair thing for you to ask? >> i don't think it is a question for the fed. i think that's a question for other agencies. >> you think it would be -- boy, that's a great answer. i think we'll hear more about this. >> the time has expired. chair recognizes gentleman from north carolina. >> thank you, mr.

. >> take a minute to change the position of the eeoc. >> . . . .