ms. aldrich. >> good morning, chairman harkin and senator frankly, i thank you and the committee for affording me the privilege of testifying today. i am here, at your invitation, to speak about the proposed protecting older workers against discrimination act. i do not believe the bill would advance the public interest. in particular, the bill is drafted -- as drafted will do nothing to protect workers from age discrimination, other forms of discrimination, retaliation, or any other unlawful conduct. i say this for three reasons, first, the bill incorrectly asserts that the decision by the supreme court of the u.s. in gross. fbl financial services, eliminated protection from any individuals. the decision, however, does not eliminate protections for victims. before the decision, age discrimination defendants could prevail even when they improperly considered a person's age, if they demonstrated they would have made the same decision or taken the same action, for reasons unrelated to age. the court's decision stripped away the so-called same action, or same decision defense, and, therefore depri

ms. aldrich. mr. dreiband. >> good morning chen-- senator harkin. i thank you for affording me the privilege of testifying today. i'm here your invitation to speak about the proposed for testing older workers against discrimination act. i do not believe the bill would advance the public interest. in particular, the bill is drafted will do nothing to protect workers from from age termination, other forms of discrimination, retaliation or any other unlawful conduct. i say this for three reasons. first, the bill incorrectly asserts the decision by the supreme court of the united states in gross versus f. e. l. financial services eliminate protection for many individuals. the gross decision however does not eliminate protections for victims. before the decision, age discrimination defendants could prevail even when they improperly considered a person's age if they demonstrated that they would have made the same decision or taking the same action for reasons unrelated to age. the court's decision stripped away the so-called same action or same decision d