Subject: FW: PELOSI -- Statement on Republicans' Abuse of Regular Order to Ensure Anti-LGBT Discrimination
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Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 09:37:05 -0700

From: Democratic Leader [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 12:33 PM
Subject: PELOSI -- Statement on Republicans' Abuse of Regular Order to Ensure Anti-LGBT Discrimination

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    May 19, 2016

Contact: Drew Hammill/Evangeline George

202-226-7616

Pelosi Statement on Republicans' Abuse of Regular Order to

Ensure Anti-LGBT Discrimination

Washington, D.C. - Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on the improper conduct of House Republicans holding a vote open in order to force Republican Members to change their votes and defeat an amendment to uphold President Obama's historic executive order banning anti-LGBT discrimination by federal contractors:

"House Republicans are so committed to discriminating against LGBT Americans, that they broke regular order to force their Members to reverse their votes and support Republicans' bigotry.

"Evidently Speaker Ryan's promises of regular order mean nothing, when regular order means a majority of the House standing up to protect LGBT Americans from bigotry.

"House Republicans' outrageous and cowardly actions today utterly expose the reality of their hateful agenda.  The American people will not forget how hard Republicans worked to target LGBT Americans for discrimination."

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