President Joe Biden today (Friday, Feb. 19) issued a statement in support of The Equality Act, re-introduced in the U.S.
House of Representatives yesterday (Thursday, Feb. 18), by openly gay U.S. Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., who has introduced the measure each year since 2015.
Three Democratic senators — Jeff Merkley of Oregon, Cory Booker of New Jersey and, the first open lesbian elected to the Senate, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin — are expected to re-introduce The Equality Act in the Senate next week. Statement by President Joseph R.