so he is okay for marriage rights for his son, but not for nondiscrimination? i'm okay with you being forced out of your job, son, because of you who are? i just don't want you to go through it alone? if you're married, you can both be fired for being gay, together. how does that make sense? these maverick republicans that you see on your screen right here, these are the only three republicans in both houses of congress who support employment nondiscrimination for gay people. and while all of those members of congress are republicans in good standing, what you are not looking at there is the republican primary field for 2016. you apparently cannot support something like nondiscrimination for gay people and have any future in republican party politics. nobody who has any real prospects of being a national leader in republican politics in the next few years has anything other than 100% anti-gay policy position on something like nondiscrimination. that is apparently still a requirement if you are a republican and you want to hold higher national office. and that i

be supporting that. >> all all i can tell you is in my own business i had a policy of total nondiscrimination gay and lesbian individuals working for us. >> due think it should be a law though? >> i don't particularly like the federal government telling anybody to do anything. >> what about for women? >> we've got to go. >> with that logic of his, wouldn't senator johnson be against the civil rights act? and my next the super bowl focus tiff between the united states and russia comes full circle. i heard this story from robert kraft. he talked about the time he let russian president vladimir putin try on his super bowl ringing from 2005. i took out the ring and i showed to putin and he had put it on and he goes, i can kill someone with this ring. i put my hand out and he put the ring in his pocket. and three kgb guys got around him and they walked out. kraft later said even though he wanted the ring back, the bush administration asked him to let it stand as a gift and avoid controversy. i heard mr. kraft share that story myself at the stuff folk university commencement address several weeks a

i want to see a nondiscrimination act passed.ppened yesterday the court made it harder for us to find people who would be supportive of lgbt rights. i was won who was urging lgbt people not to push a same sex amendment to immigration, i didn't want to kill the immigration bill. so important to the hispanics, because for years the hispanic caucus was supportive of our efforts now with this doma decision -- >> it takes it off the table. >> without that problem many. >> on a facebook feed, someone i know when i was living in chicago, she posed a picture of her and her partner and their kid in front of the picture with the news of this decision, because it means maybe we could move back to the u.s. it's an incredible -- >> i think the congressman makes a good point. they could have just obliterated anti-gay laws in all 50 states, if you live in a state like new york you have more rights than a state like florida. i was surprised at how angry i was at clarence thomas. i think there is nothing more sad than somebody like clarence thoma

this is interesting, the think progress had a video clip of marco rubio about unemployment nondiscriminationhether or not gays and lesbians can be involved in the immigration bill. he said he would get out of it all together. listen to what he said. >> do you know if you'll be supporting that? >> i haven't read the legislation. by and large i think all americans should be protected, but i am not for any special protections based on or yen tags. >> what about race or gender. >> that's established law. >> so marco rubio going on the record that he is not interested, hasn't even looked at the unemployment nondiscrimination act, isn't interested in looking out for people based on sexual orientation. we have these tweets. we have jeff flakes, 15-year-old son in arizona, tanner flake tweeting homophobic, some nasty things. jeff flake has come out to apologize for his son because of what he said. you can see the blurred out parts, the f word. then joe heck's son tweeting, he is a 16-year-old, joe is a republican in nevada, show that tweet. seems as if young kids on the right and all around for that

gay or lesbian in over twenty states in this country that's why we have to pass the employment nondiscrimination act we still have one hundred fourteen thousand people who are discharged between world war two in the end of don't ask don't tell simply for their sexual orientation and we have to make sure they have a good place to get their honor charge put back into their recognition is their discharge a bill that we've got out right now with over fifty co-sponsors but we need to make sure federal employees get equal benefits as the same partners that work who are straight couples who don't currently there's a lot of things we still have to do but marriage equality is huge it's a big big decision be sure to tune in tomorrow night for the rest of my conversation with great minds discussion of congressman. crazy alert one of i told you that there was a video of glenn beck in a boy scout uniform ranting about. would you believe me because you should broadcast of glenn beck's show on the blaze the former fox so-called news pawn that went off on one of his trademark ransome defense of you guessed it a

there is an extensives preden of the federal government requiring contractors to have nondiscrimination policies based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin. our government dollars and resources should only be used when they -- when we ensure that the most qualified individuals of all are equally considered. now is the time for common mobile -- exxonmobil to respect the constitution and enact a formal policy barring discrimination against sexual orientation and gender identity. we americans should not accept discrimination in any form. thank you and i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman -- the chair: the gentleman yields back, the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. hastings: i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. mull listen, two -- mr. mullin, two minutes. the chair: the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized for two minutes. mr. mullin: i rise in strong support of the offshore energy and jobs act and applaud chairman hastings for his leadership on this bill that i believe will lower energy prices through the inc

the revision includes a student nondiscrimination act that, if passed, would threaten schools fundingey don't take steps to prevent gay and lesbian students from being bullied or harassed. the bill bans discrimination against its workday are perceived as gate. no child behind governs the nation's elementary and secondary schools. first lady michelle bauman threatened to leave night time funobama threatened to leave and nighttime fund raiser unless a protester quit interrupting her speech. mrs. obama was speaking last night at a democratic national committee fund-raiser in washington. cameras were allowed inside the party that, but according to a reporter inside, an audience member started shouting in support of an executive order on gay rights affleck through mrs. obamas remarks. mrs. obama moved toward the protesters said the person would either, ", " listen to me or you can take the mike, but i am leaving. " the crowd started shouting for mrs. obama to stay. the protester was escorted out of the event. of the event. whatwh makes your family smile? backflipfls and cartwheels. love, w

if passed the student nondiscrimination act will threaten schools funding if they don't take steps toay and lesbian students from being bull bid or harassed. >>> the school district revoked the school's charter back in march. they say founder ben davis personally profited from $3.8 million in public funding that was funneled to his private business interests. leaders say they have taken every action to distance themselves from the founder. a ruling could come as early as tomorrow. >>> a milpitas couple's worst nightmare came to light after their three-year-old child was killed in a high speed crash. it happened yesterday afternoon. relatives told police that the family was headed to a water park in fremont when the father lost control, hit a curb, and slammed into a tree. the rear part of the car actually flew about 20 yards with the young child strapped into a safety seat. fully went inside the -- >> i went inside the car. and i saw the wife was breathing heavily. and then maybe after 20 seconds probably said where is my son? >> the couple suffered serious injuries. police are trying

. >> she wanted to bring attention to the gay rights nondiscrimination sexual discrimination in the work federal contractors. >> bill: some kind of agenda item that had nothing to do with children which is why the first lady was there. >> exactly. >> bill: totally inappropriate. >> trying to get her point across. >> bill: she wasn't arrested or charged or anything? didn't get to eat, right? no dessert for you. >> not clear. >> bill: a serious story in delaware off the gosnell story in pennsylvania. an abortion doctor under investigation. here is his name, ready. dr. timothy liveright. can you believe it. apparently this guy was killing fetuses at an unbelievable rate. >> the accusations are by the attorney general that he was oversedating patients and doing all sorts of things. he claims he is the victim of people with an agenda. that he never did anything wrong. he has since willingly voluntarily given up his license to practice in delaware. >> bill: nobody does that unless they are in trouble. he is associated with planned parent hood and blam blaming tm for the terrible things that th

we should concentrate on employment, nondiscrimination act, don't get into that we do bait, four yearsnow it looks like a mild thing. look how fast this is changing. he couldn't have anticipated that. >> nothing worse than being a leader, getting out there and looking over your shoulder and finding no one behind you. that's kind of what he was seeing. also the heat of the campaign thing. i think the worst thing that happened -- i thought he showed his real commitment after he got elected and did these executive orders and tried to change the military. and he had been so active in the democratic leadership council. here it is, the democratic leadership council going after him at 100 miles an hour, trying to undo it. so, that -- i think he gets a little credit there. >> but you make a very important point. i mean, it is -- it is for sure a mixed record. it is a guy trying to do the right thing most of the time, sometimes giving into political expeed yhency. i don't mean mr. shrum made up that story. i think people remember it differently. happened a long time ago. a footnote to history.

. >> the senate this summer will be taking up the employment nondiscrimination act which makes it illegal. do you know if you'll be supporting that in. >> i haven't read the legislation. by and large i think all americans should be protected. >> what about on race or gender? >> that's established law. >> but not for sexual orientation? >> firing someone for being a woman or african-american should be illegal but for being gay, question mark. that's not a problem for marco rubio, the senator from florida? and that's what he must call compromise. if marco rubio and the republicans want to pretend to flat out discrimination is good for their image, they can just keep on pretending. i want to make things more secure. [ whirring ] [ dog barks ] i want to treat more dogs. ♪ our business needs more cases. [ male announcer ] where do you want to take your business? i need help selling art. [ male announcer ] from broadband to web hosting to mobile apps, small business solutions from at&t have the security you need to get you there. call us. we can show you how at&t solutions can help you do what

as i know you know, congressman, you did not support the employment nondiscrimination act that woulde in your country from being fired because they're gay. right now legally this is not adding rights. this is making sure that our existing laws are applied equally to everyone. if you're so in favor of equal protection, why don't you support something as simple as gay people shouldn't be able to be fired from their jobs? >> this is not talking about equal protection. we're talking about redefinition, definition of a framework, a foundational point of society. that's what the doma issue is about. it was saying, listen, are we going to redefine marriage to put it in a place that it was never intended? it isn't the same. women and men are complimentary for a purpose. and the purpose is a great design, a design that continues society. >> that's fair. let me ask you two questions. why is it that you allow elderly couples that don't have children to marry and why haven't you put forward a bill to ban divorce if you're so concerned with the preservation of marriage? >> i think you bring up a

senator jay rockefeller will add his name to "the list" of senators back being the employment nondiscrimination7th sponsor. rockefeller said the fact that discrimination is tolerated needs addressed. the integrity of our nation and our afwiblt global leader on human rights means all people must be treated equally under the law. i want to bring you this up where date to a story we told you about yesterday about the ex-gay ministry. they are shut ug down after more than 30 years. the ministry was run by allan cummings and claimed to change people. cummings apologized to the lgpt community in an interview with lisa ling. the board announced the decision to shut down via its website. when we made our commitment to the gulf, bp had two big goals: help the gulf recover, and learn from what happened so we could be a better, safer energy company. i've been with bp for 24 years. i was part of the team that helped deliver on our commitments to the gulf - and i can tell you, safety is at the heart of everything we do. we've added cutting-edge safety equipment and technology, like a new deepwater well cap

the revision includes a student nondiscrimination act that, if passed, would threaten schools fundingy don't take steps to being gay and lesbian students from being bullied or harassed. the bill bans discrimination against it and so are gay or perceived as gay. no child behind governs the nation's elementary and secondary schools. >> first lady michelle obama threatened to leave a nighttime fufund-raiser unless a protester quit interrupting her speech. mrs. obama was speaking tuesday evening at a democratic national convcommittee fund-raiser in washington. cameras were not allowed inside a private event, but according to a reporter inside, and audience members started shouting in support of an executive order on gay rights halfway through mrs. obama as remarks. mrs. obama moved toward a protester and said " listen to me or you can take the mike, but i'm leaving. " the crowd started shouting for mrs. obama to stay. the protester was then escorted out of the event. >> think before you send the next facebook or to oppose, it could hurt your chances of landing a job. according to a steady

the lack of price affects in these cases is also why it makes no sense to interpret the nondiscrimination protections of the cable act and antitrust context, even if congress used the word unreasonably in the statute. by seeking to identify harm to an independent programmer rather than harm the competition, congress meant to fill a gap in the antitrust laws. namely, the preservation of diversity in the video programming marketplace. how do we know this? at the time the cable act was passed, the largest cable operator in the country, t.c.i., controlled less than 20% of national video subscribers. if congress meant to import antitrust concepts into the cable act as some now argue, then congress also intended to immunize all vertically integrated cable operators, including t.c.i., from the nondiscrimination protections of the act as none would have sufficiently high marketplace to constitute monopoly power under the antitrust laws. the absurdity of this conclusion that congress passed eapt trust regulation that was applicable to no one proves that the cable act has nothing to do with antitru

gohmert and think progress, a reporter asked him about the employment nondiscrimination act which would lgbt workers from hirings due to sexual orientation. gohmert who said he was not aware of the specific legislation replied "who wants to go talking about sexual orientation when they're working? good grief!" who who would want to the talk about sexual orientation while working? how about texas congressman who said this on the floor of the house? >> if you're oriented toward animals, bestiality, if you're oriented toward corpses, toward children, there are all kinds of perversions. what most of us would call per investigations. some would say it sounds like fun but most of us would say were perversions. >> to quote you one more time, congressman, good grief. stay with us. the day's top lines are coming up. [ male announcer ] erica had a rough day. good thing she's got the citi simplicity card. it doesn't charge late fees or a penalty rate, ever. because she's got other things to stress about. ♪ go to citi.com/simplicity to apply. [ male announcer ] introducing red lobster's seaside mix

yesterday think progress asked the congressman a question on the nondiscrimination nation act which wouldrevent employers from firing someone simply because they're gay. here is gohmert's reaction. quote, who wants to go talking about sexual orientation when they're working? good grief. apparently he's only talking there about gay people. because i put this to you, what straight person fails to mention occasionally his or her spouse at work? nobody. >>> coming up, will republicans go along with immigration reform if border security is strengthened and will marco rubio's presidential ambitions survive this fight over immigration reform? that's coming up next. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. >>> welcome back to "hardball." of course, border surge, that's what the senators are calling a new border security plan authorized by republicans bob corker of tennessee and john hoeven of north dakota. it's being hailed as the grand bargain, the big compromise just agreed to, or almost anyway. it's already being blessed by the gang of eight, and it's attracting conservative voices

yesterday a reporter asked the congressman for his opinion on the employment nondiscrimination act whichvent employers from firing someone simply because they're gay. here is gohmert's reaction. quote, who wants to go talking about sexual orientation when they're working? good grief. apparently he's only talking there about gay people. because i put this to you, what straight person fails to mention occasionally his or her spouse at work? nobody. >>> coming up, will republicans go along with immigration reform if border security is strengthened and hill marco rubio's presidential ambitions survive that fight over immigration. that's coming up next. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. take these bags to room 12 please. [ garth ] bjorn's small business earns double miles on every purchase every day. produce delivery. [ bjorn ] just put it on my spark card. [ garth ] why settle for less? ahh, oh! [ garth ] great businesses deserve unlimited rewards. here's your wake up call. [ male announcer ] get the spark business card from capital one and earn unlimited rewards. choose do

the employment nondiscrimination act is a bill they've supports but democratic presidents going back to bill clinton have supported it. it will not pass the republican house of representatives. >> john: it won't. >> waiting for enda, we could wait a long time at least until we get a majority back in the house. there were clearly some people right before the election in the democratic party and perhaps close advisers to him who advised him against doing this maybe because it would be seen as putting another requirement on corporate america. it might be seen as a hindrance to job creation. but it is none of those things. no one ever has made a case that it is. so it is way pastime that he signed it. i think you know, michelle obama was giving a political speech to a political audience -- >> john: indeed she was. >> it comes with the territory. >> john: free speech door swings both ways. zach, i'm not sure -- we don't have you yet. let me go back to you tico, the progress that's happened in same-sex marriage during the obama administration proof that politically calculated incremental c

yesterday think progress asked the congressman a question on the nondiscrimination nation act which would employers from firing someone simply because they're gay. here is gohmert's reaction. quote, who wants to go talking about sexual orientation when they're working? good grief. apparently he's only talking there about gay people. because i put this to you, what straight person fails to mention occasionally his or her spouse at work? nobody. >>> coming up, will republicans go along with immigration reform if border security is strengthened and will marco rubio's presidential ambitions survive this fight over immigration reform? that's coming up next. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] for dad's first job as dad. nissan tests hundreds of child seats to give you a better fit and a safer trip. snug kids, only from nissan. ♪ the ones getting involved and staying engaged. they're not afraid to question the path they're on. because the one question they never want to ask is "how did i end up here?" i started schwab for those people. people who want to

. >> and you've got 53 senators signed on -- i think 53 is the number, as co sponsors as the nondiscrimination act. an employer can't say i'm firing you because you're gay. a number are on board with that. this is the way it than decided as a country, legally, politically and morally and it's just a weigh question how long it takes to sort out. >> that is a key question here. there is a question on the legal side how long it takes and how long it takes the law to sort of follow what clearly public opinion is. and it shows up like so many other things when you talk to members of congress and they say, well, yes, i knew 90% of the country may be for background checks, but come to my congressional district and people say well come to my state in my state that's not the case. but you are seeing that organizing in each and every one of these states. >> organizing and also just personal change. i mean, the thing that is interesting about gay people as a minority is that what happens is, nobody discovers they are different kind of minority later in life and starts to tell people who didn't previously

gay or lesbian in over twenty states in this country that's why we have to pass the employment nondiscrimination act we still have one hundred fourteen thousand people who are discharged between world war two in the end of don't ask don't tell simply for their sexual orientation and we have to make sure they have a good place to get their honor charge put back into their recognition is their discharge a bill that we've got out right now with over fifty co-sponsors but we need to make sure federal employees get equal benefits as their same partners that work who are straight couples who don't currently there's a lot of things we still have to do but marriage equality is huge it's a big big decision. we're seeing in the red states the old confederacy by and large now a swing back now that the voting rights act has been gutted by the supreme court within the last within the first forty eight hours after that decision came down six states now have said ok we're going to pull a trigger and do all this stuff that the water prevented us from doing we're going to gerrymander like crazy you know redraw t

the lack of price affects in these cases is also why it makes no sense to interpret the nondiscrimination protections of the cable act and antitrust context, even if congress used the word unreasonably in the statute. by seeking to identify harm to an independent programmer rather than harm the competition, congress meant to fill a gap in the antitrust laws. namely, the preservation of diversity in the video programming marketplace. how do we know this? at the time the cable act was passed, the largest cable operator in the country, t.c.i., controlled less than 20% of national video subscribers. if congress meant to import antitrust concepts into the cable act as some now argue, then congress also intended to immunize all vertically integrated cable operators, including t.c.i., from the nondiscrimination protections of the act as none would have sufficiently high marketplace to constitute monopoly power under the antitrust laws. the absurdity of this conclusion that congress passed eapt trust regulation that was applicable to no one proves that the cable act has nothing to do with antitru

there's also this issue of employment nondiscrimination act that would ban employment discrimination in his committee after the fourth of july holiday. so be looking for him to be posting news of that hearing. >> all right, robert. >> three years ago in january 2010 i went up to boston and spent about a month covering scott brown's senate race. you really felt the momentum on the ground then. three yearsay later tuesday you have a special election to fill john kerry's case. gomez and markey. i think markey, long time democratic congressman will win that seat. markey's marriage, 45 to 47, important to watch to see if republicans have any kind of future in that deep blue state. >> i think we are getting back to where in the world is edward snowden this week. he is on a plane to moscow. from there we don't know. reports saying he might be going to cuba and then venezuela. i think we're going to be having a real conversation about him and his motivations again instead of his revelations. >> i think apparently during the show he has landed in moscow and now the question is where is he goi

>> that is about the employment nondiscrimination act which has been written, and been around since 1990-something or another, and has only had two votes, i think. it never gets out of capitol hill. and maybe it is something that the time has come, but remains 34 states where it is legal to fire someone who is gay or lesbian or transgendered and this would stop that. when i read the transcript of this, and i'm not altogether sure that he knew where it was going. sometimes you read the transcripts and you think, maybe he didn't know where this was. >> connecting the dots. >> i think that he is against it, but i am not sure he totally got what he was talking about. >> well, we are standing by to see bill clinton and chris christie taking the stage and we will check in that when it happens and see if they talk about 2016 or their mutual diet plan, because they are now obsessed with the diet. so thanks to both of you for being on and talking politics. and coming up next, new details on the type of military aid that the u.s. plans to give syrian rebels, but is it enough to make a difference?

saying he supports the idea a nondiscrimination policy for federal contractors.s been out on the -- it has been out on the president's radar for quite some time. as to why they're doing it, i'm not sure. unilateral action, if you look at some other -- some other proposals before the administration they've rejected, too. million dollar coin is more gimmicky than what this is. >> bill: this is not gimmicky at all. >> this is definitely very important. has to be very substantive because there are estimates if you sound the executive order it would cover 16 million people in the work force. that has to do with -- the idea is that -- that's people who work for federal contractors. that's gay and straight. >> bill: but stale a huge amount -- but still a huge amount. chris, congratulations on doma. congratulations on prop 8. make a deal with you you keep the pressure on the administration at the briefings on enda and i've got your back, okay? >> sounds good. >> bill: all right. chris johnson is with the "washington blade." it is washblade.com. you can follow chris on tw

to insure access to homes and communities we believe it has not only insuring compliance with nondiscrimination compliance and section five '04 with the rehabilitation act but also to this ability allows people to be a part of their neighborhoods and communities by integrating a minimum level of accessibility and housing units that is not covered under section 504. we're working with the hud office assisted will candies to help to include people with disabilities and required planning process. this effort is important to affirmative the reach fair housing but we're also working with hud to give stability we believe these efforts are key to increase access to the environment for disabled veterans. third, we believe we must increase access to transportation options over the years our advocacy which numerous factories that have access to public transportation for all people disabilities who but for example, where actively working to increase the number of wheelchair accessible taxicabs in your city, washington d.c. and other metropolitan areas and also working to ensure others are not discriminate

this includes nondiscrimination laws, and religious organizations small business as penalized at times in the war over religion includes symbolism. the religious viewpoint and the religious beliefs of individuals are also often derived in the public discourse. i could read spend the rest of the time reading their resumes, but i won't. i will make three introductions and each of them will offer introductory remarks. then we will entertain a few questions and open it up to all of you. what i would ask you to do is have the cards on your table in the last part of this panel we will read your question and entertain this. i will attempt to limit all of the speech in various ways. arbitrarily restricting your comments in the name of tolerance. so i lay that out ahead of time. i would like to introduce our first penalized. i hope i am pronouncing this right. he is the director of the coalition and i was corrected. it is this that coalition, so i thank you for the remarks. >> good morning, everyone. how is everyone? i am feeling optimistic after the last panel and i really appreciate it. my co

she wrote a piece -- for thetill waiting president to pass the employment nondiscrimination act whichould end discrimination by all employers. she says -- the question of free speech and how that dynamic plays out in the public and the white house -- a private event where michelle obama was speaking -- we see the dynamic playing out. let's look at one last tweet on the question of privacy -- will look more of the government's surveillance programs in just a moment with a national security write her. we'll go in depth with what the security measures mean. later on the depew research center looked at women who are breadwinners. -- the pew research center looked at women who are breadwinners. a first look at the sunday shows on c-span radio. >> topics include the irs, government interception of females and phone calls, u.s.- nbc's "meetons -- is pre-empted by live coverage of the french open. senator dianne feinstein, chairman of the senate intelligence committee, mike rogers, chairman of the house intelligence committee, and committeeudall. at two o'clock p.m. it is "fox news sunday." n

that hud has an important role to play not only in insuring compliance with accessibility and nondiscrimination requirements found in the fair housing amendments act of 1988 and section 5054 of the rehabilitation action of 1973, but also in promoting visit about. visit about is a design concept that allows people with disabilities to be a part of their neighborhoods and communities by integrating a minimum level of accessibility in housing units that are not covered under fair houseing or section 504. we are working with hud on helping grantees to include people with disabilities and required planning processes. these efforts are important to broader community requirements to affirmatively further fair housing. we are also, however, working with hud to promote visitability to these -- third, we belief that we must increase access to transportation options. over the years our advocacy has led to numerous victories. however, we know that barriers remain that prevent transportation equity. for example, we are actively work withing to increase the number of wheelchair-accessible taxi cabs in new yo

lately it's become mainstream to acknowledge that diversity in the work force demands a nondiscrimination policy that regardless of a person's sexual orientation and to whom they choose to commit, it makes no difference in the eyes of a thoughtful successful employer. it's exciting for me to watch and participate in this year's pride parade in portland. to note the leadership of virtually every institution in our community, businesses like nike and standard insurance, northwest natural, grocery stores, colleges and universities, churches all marching proudly in a show of solidarity a rejection of discrimination, support for diversity in the work force place for friends, neighbors, relatives. today's supreme court decision marks the most significant milestone yet in this struggle. by striking down doma, the supreme court has cast aside a major barrier to our glbt friends and neighbors and relatives to be able to live complete lives. to be able to avoid discrimination, the stigma, the economic disadvantage. it's a signal this will be the final chapter in a -- for a society that recognizes t

exxonmobil's backwards decision highlights why we need to pass a comprehensive employee nondiscrimination act. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from missouri rise? eek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. long: mr. speaker, all americans are aware of how our current tax code is too complex and punishes people who save, invest and achieve economic success. however, the recent news coming from the i.r.s. illustrates another pressing reason for tax reform. our current tax code puts too much power and potential for abuse into the hands of unaccountable, unelected bureaucrats. the american people deserve a tax system that cannot be a political weapon to be used against them. that is why i'm a proud co-sponsor of the fair tax. the fair tax would eliminate the i.r.s. by replacing the current tax code with a simple consumption-based tax. the fair tax would be collected equally from all americans, with no opportunity for the government to attack or discriminate against innocent citizens. the fair tax is

constitution of the united states, two, title soisks the civil rights act of 1964 relating to nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs. three, section 809-c-1 of the omnibus crime control and safe streets act of 1968 relating to prohibition of discrimination. four, section 210401a -- for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition? mr. ellison: unanimous consent to have the amendment considered as read. the chair: is there objection? without objection the reading is suspended and the amendment is considered read. the gentleman from minnesota is recognized for five minutes. mr. ellison: madam speaker, before me is a -- before the body is a simple amendment, leaders -- we have four separate caucuses members of the body, the congressional progressive caucus, the congressional black caucus, the congressional hispanic american caucus, and the congressional pacific islander caucus, it's important to point out -- they worked to together to bring this amendment. it's important to remember that the hard working staff of d.h.s. work hard to keep us safe and we appreciate that

so i think what struck me is the eeoc has something because the of the nondiscrimination laws that i mentioned from title vii gender and race, national origin to the americans with disabilities act which also comes into play and they held a hearing earlier this month on wellness programs. and i was sort of struck. i am sure all of you expect me to call about an employer or some organization since i come from the afl-cio and i promise not to disappoint you. the chamber of commerce submitted a letter after they heard testimony from the selected witnesses and the chamber of commerce submitted a letter that basically says if employers comply with the requirement under the affordable care act and hippa there is no reason for the eeoc to impose additional requirements on this area and we defend. thank you. >> very good. thank you been very much. we are going to turn to what now. she holds a law degree and ph.d. from harvard. she's taught at michigan and she holds and a ray of academic and advisory posts. and most immediately she is the lead author about wellness programs and the substantia