Senate Judiciary Committee Announces Majority Witnesses for Hearing on the Equality Act
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee Majority released the names of witnesses who will testify before a full committee hearing entitled “The Equality Act: LGBTQ Rights are Human Rights” on legislation that codifies federal civil rights protections for LGBTQ Americans. The hearing will take place tomorrow, March 17 at 10:00 AM ET in 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building.
Panel I
The Honorable Jeff Merkley
United States Senator (D-OR)
Washington, DC
The Honorable Tammy Baldwin
United States Senator (D-WI)
Washington, DC
The Honorable David Cicilline
United States Representative (D-RI-1)
Washington, DC
The Honorable Marie Newman
United States Representative (D-IL-3)
Washington, DC
Panel II
Alphonso David
President
Human Rights Campaign
New York, NY
Edith Guffey, MSW
Member, PFLAG National Board of Directors
Conference Minister, Kansas-Oklahoma Conference
United Church of Christ
Lawrence, KS
Stella Keating
Student
Takoma, WA
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