1/ Starting now on the floor: I'm leading the opposition against @USRepGaryPalmer's amendment seeking to block DC anti-discrimination law
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2/ The Palmer amendment is wildly undemocratic & violates our nation’s founding principle of local control of local affairs #HandsOffDC
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3/ Only DC elected officials should be making decisions on the local matters affecting nearly 700,000 DC residents
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4/ Palmer amendment would allow employers to discriminate against employees based on their private reproductive health decisions
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5/ Would permit employers to fire a woman for having an abortion due to rape, or to decline to hire a woman for using in vitro fertilization
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6/ Members must vote NO on Palmer amendment to protect employees’ reproductive health decisions & DC’s right to self-government.
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