Category: US Senate

Source: United States Senator for Washington State Patty Murray

The U.S. Innovation and Competition Act will make largest R&D investment in generations and secure critical federal funding for domestic manufacturing of semiconductors and other crucial technology

Senator Murray: “This bill will help ensure Washington state remains a leader in innovation, research, and scientific achievement.”

(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, applauded Senate passage of the bipartisan U.S. Innovation and Competition Act. The bill passed the Senate 68-32.

“I want to ensure the technologies of the present and the future are made and developed here in Washington state,” Senator Murray said. “As the home of two of the country’s premier research institutions, numerous semiconductor and aerospace manufacturers, and even more technology and communications companies, this bill will help ensure Washington state remains a leader in innovation, research, and scientific achievement. This means more good paying jobs, more investment, and greater economic prosperity overall in Washington state to make sure we can compete in an increasingly global economy.”

The U.S. Innovation and Competition Act seeks to maintain and build on U.S. science and technology leadership by authorizing nearly $200 billion in investments in research and development and strengthening regional economic development, manufacturing, and supply chains. This includes major investments in semiconductors, aerospace, and other industries based in Washington state.

The U.S. Innovation and Competition Act includes the following investments and provisions:

• CHIPS for America Fund: $49.5 billion to implement the Commerce Department semiconductor incentive and R&D programs, which would be a significant boost to Washington state’s burgeoning semiconductor industry by helping increase domestic production while also benefitting U.S. end users that rely on this technology including many major Washington state employers like Amazon, Microsoft, and more. This includes:
  • $39 billion to implement R&D programs with $2 billion to solely focus on legacy chip production to advance the economic and national security interests of the United States.
  • $10.5 billion to implement Commerce R&D programs, including the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC), National Advanced Packaging Manufacturing Program, and other R&D programs.

• CHIPS for America Defense Fund: $2 billion to provide support for R&D, testing and evaluation, workforce development, and other related activities, in coordination with the private sector, universities, and other federal agencies to support the needs of the Department of Defense and the intelligence community.

• CHIPS for America International Technology Security and Innovation Fund: $500 million to coordinate with foreign government partners to support international information and communications technology security and semiconductor supply chain activities.

• Technology Directorate: $29 billion to create a new Directorate of Technology and Innovation at the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support research and technology development in key technology focus areas, such as artificial intelligence and quantum science, in order to strengthen the global leadership of the United States in innovation.

• NSF Research and Development Programs: $52 billion for existing NSF activities, an important boost in funding that would greatly benefit research done at both the University of Washington and Washington State University. The legislation would also create a Chief Diversity Officer at NSF and increase STEM education to enhance the domestic STEM workforce.

• Regional Technology Hubs: $10 billion to create a regional technology hub program at DOC to support regional economic development in innovation. Technology hubs would carry out workforce development activities, business and entrepreneur development activities, technology maturation activities, and infrastructure activities related to the technology development.

• Manufacturing: $2.4 billion to authorize close to a quadrupling of the DOC Manufacturing Extension Partnership and create a new track within the program for public benefit activities like workforce development and cybersecurity services. Would also authorize the Manufacturing USA program at $1.2 billion, and add workforce and coordination provisions.

• Department of Energy: $16.9 billion for the Department of Energy for R&D and energy-related supply chains in key technology areas. As a part of this funding, Senator Murray worked to obtain separate funding for Department of Energy National Labs in the bill, which will specifically benefit PNNL’s research in areas like quantum computing and high performance computing, biotechnology, genomics, materials science, cybersecurity, and clean energy.

• 5G: $1.5 billion to implement the USA Telecommunications Act to foster U.S. innovation in the race for 5G, a critical investment for Washington state’s telecommunications industry.

• Promotes Trade: Renews the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) and the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB), both of which expired at the end of last year. The GSP would eliminate tariffs on goods imported from countries struggling economically, giving Washington state importers access to important inputs and materials, supporting jobs, and keeping consumer prices lower. The MTB reduces or suspends duties that cannot be readily found in the U.S. or would cause a significant revenue hit, boosting Washington’s trade-heavy economy and businesses.

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Source: United States Senator for Washington State Patty Murray

***WATCH SENATOR MURRAY’S SENATE FLOOR REMARKS HERE***

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement on Senate Republicans voting to block consideration of the Paycheck Fairness Act, common-sense legislation to help end to the wage gap, and ensure women are paid fairly for their work.

Despite the fact that the Paycheck Fairness Act is co-sponsored by every Democrat in Congress, and has attained broad, bipartisan support from people across the political spectrum, Republican senators voted against a motion to even debate the bill with a final vote of 49-50 that failed to meet the 60 vote threshold needed to overcome the filibuster.

“Each and every Republican Senator represents a state where about half of the population earns less than they deserve—and yet they cannot get on board with a common-sense bill that will help end the wage gap. That’s completely ridiculous and a total disgrace—and it’s the women that they represent that will have to bear the consequences of their inaction.

“And let’s get one thing straight: the bill that Republicans just blocked is not radical or partisan—it will simply close loopholes that would increase transparency and accountability so workers know whether they’re being paid fairly, and help families and our economy to fully recover from the economic harm of the pandemic. But Senate Republicans won’t even allow us to have a debate on this critical and common-sense bill—despite the fact that nine out of ten women think achieving equal pay is important.”

“Today’s vote is only going to motivate women across the country to fight harder to get this bill done. And I’m one of them.” 

The Paycheck Fairness Act would help end the wage gap by closing loopholes that allow pay discrimination to continue, and protect workers from retaliation for discussing their pay. It would limit the use of prior wage history in the hiring process, so that pay discrimination would not follow workers from job to job. It would also increase transparency and accountability so workers know whether they’re being paid fairly—and have the evidence to hold employers accountable if they aren’t.

Earlier today, in speech on the Senate floor, Senator Murray stressed that pay inequity has real consequences for women—highlighting the example that Latina women earn on average almost $30,000 less over the course of just one year, as compared to what white men. She emphasized that the Paycheck Fairness Act is a critical step to ensure women, their families, and our economy can fully recover from the pandemic.

Senator Murray’s full floor remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below:

“Thank you, M. President.

“It’s been more than half a century since the Equal Pay Act became law, and twelve years since President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, but, women in the United States still on average earn only 82 cents on the dollar compared to their male counterparts and the wage gap is far greater for women of color.

“Because even though the Equal Pay Act and the Lilly Ledbetter Act were critical steps forward—there is clearly still a lot more we need to do.

“Right now, an employer can brush aside reports of pay discrimination by saying things like, “Well, he was a better negotiator” or, “They work in different buildings.”

“I mean—what does that have to do with it?

“And too often, a woman’s history of being paid less means she gets paid less in the future because her past salary can be used to determine her future salary, regardless of what her counterparts are making or her new responsibilities.

“This has real consequences for women and their families.

“Today, four out of ten mothers with children under the age of 18 are their families’ primary or sole breadwinners.

“As families rely more on women’s wages to make ends meet, the gender pay gap has an even greater impact on children.

“For example, over the course of just one year, the wage gap for Latina women averages almost $30,000 less, as compared to what a white man earns.

“We are talking about women losing out on hundreds of thousands of dollars over the course of their working lives.

“This is money that could go to paying the bills, putting food on the table, buying a house, starting a business, saving for retirement, getting an education—and so much more.

“Instead, women struggle with lifelong financial effects, including higher poverty rates as compared to men.

“Women are being shortchanged—plain and simple.

“And this pandemic has only made things worse.

“Millions of women have left the labor force and many have fallen behind, just as caregiving responsibilities have disproportionately fallen on them.

“According to one study, a woman who was earning about $47,000 a year before the pandemic could lose nearly a quarter of a million dollars over her lifetime—assuming she is able to return to work this year.

“The pandemic has set women—and in particular, women of color—back even further and made clear just how urgent it is for us to act.

“Because if women don’t recover from this crisis, our economy won’t either which is why we desperately need to close the wage gap.

“We’ve got a responsibility to finally make sure women are paid fairly for their work so women can build financial security for themselves, their families, and their communities and so our economy—so much of which is driven by women, by the way—can fully recover from this crisis.

“We’ve been fighting for the Paycheck Fairness Act for quite some time—but for those who need a reminder, here’s what it would do.

“It’s very straightforward.

“This bill will close loopholes that allow pay discrimination to continue, and protect workers from retaliation for discussing their pay it would limit the use of prior wage history in the hiring process, so that pay discrimination can’t follow workers from job to job.

“And, it would increase transparency and accountability so workers know whether they’re being paid fairly—and so they have the evidence to hold their employers accountable if they aren’t.

“These are common sense steps—that’s why this bill already passed the House with bipartisan support.

“It’s up to the Senate now to get this done because the reality is that each and every Senator represents a state where half of the population earns less than they deserve.

“That’s completely ridiculous.

“And it’s past time we end this injustice.

“So I urge all my colleagues to join me in voting to finally put money women have earned, fair and square, in their pockets where it belongs and take an essential step toward ensuring our economy can build back stronger and fairer from COVID-19.

“There is absolutely nothing controversial about making sure every worker gets paid fairly for their work women have been waiting long enough and they need the Paycheck Fairness Act now more than ever.

“Let’s get this done.

“Thank you M. President.”

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Source: United States Senator for Wisconsin Ron Johnson

WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, questioned Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the Biden administration’s weak foreign policy decisions, including waiving sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, appeasing Iran by negotiating to re-enter the JCPOA, and the administration’s policies that have created a humanitarian crisis at our southwestern border.

 The full exchange can be found here, and excerpts are below. 

Senator Johnson asks:

“When you came before this committee about five months ago, I thought you were completely on board with the continued halting of the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. I have to admit I’m shocked at the fact that yesterday and today you were conceding the fact that it’s going to get built. That would have been really nice to know five months ago. When did your thinking change on that?”

Secretary Blinken responds:

“Thank you, Senator. Again as we discussed then, unfortunately construction started on this bad idea in 2018 and when we last spoke, the pipeline was well over 90% complete, as a physical…”

Senator Johnson asks:

“Yes, and it was quite complete when we imposed sanctions and halted it last time. Why not continue the sanctions? I’m sorry; your explanation literally makes no sense. So now we are conceding the building, we are going to have it constructed, now we are going to somehow impose what? Serious consequences when Germany doesn’t live up to providing the revenue relief for Ukraine, for when Russia does use it as a weapon?”

Secretary Blinken responds:

“As a practical matter as we looked at this, we all agreed that this pipeline is a bad idea. We oppose it, the president has been clear about that for a long time, but as a very practical matter of inheriting a pipeline that was 95% complete, none of the…”

Senator Johnson:

“We stopped it the last time.”

Senator Johnson asks:

“During the debate over the JCPOA, I offered an amendment to deem that a treaty. From my standpoint, that amendment should have passed 100 to 0. And had it passed 100 to 0, the JCPOA would have been, first, a far better agreement and you wouldn’t be in a position where from one administration to the next, a president can just cancel another executive agreement. Now you’re engaged in further discussions with Iran. I have my doubts that you’ll end up with a better agreement. It’s going to be worse. It will embolden Iran.”

Sen. Johnson concludes:

“The border crisis, which is the current crisis, is completely the result of the actions President Biden took when he first entered office — ending the successful migrant protection policy, the agreements with those countries, and, quite honestly, not completing the 250 miles of border wall that is bought and paid for. So I listen to Vice President Harris talking about how we’re going to secure the border: I see no evidence of that. … Please explain how these policies are going to result in anything, and how that money is not going to be completely wasted in Central America.”

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Source: United States Senator for Illinois Dick Durbin

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Source: United States Senator for Pennsylvania Pat Toomey

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) issued the following statement regarding his opposition to the United States Innovation and Competition Act:

“This flawed bill is based on the premise that American economic competitiveness depends on government-directed spending on research and industrial policy. It spends over $200 billion on the already mature semiconductor industry and on research grants that will often be allocated based on political and parochial considerations, rather than intellectual merit. I do support the crackdown on Chinese-sponsored cyber-attacks and intellectual property theft. But maintaining our technological superiority over China requires punishing bad Chinese behavior and relying on the natural innovative entrepreneurship of America’s market economy, not by imitating Chinese central planning.” 

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Source: United States Senator for Ohio Sherrod Brown

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate passed the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, which included key provisions from U.S. Senator Brown (D-OH) to make a once-in-a-generation investment in American science, technology and innovation to help the U.S. preserve its competitive edge.

“Our competitors like China spend billions propping up state-owned enterprises and subsidizing research and development, and they also take our ideas and use them to compete – and sometimes cheat – against American workers and businesses,” said Brown. “This is an important, bipartisan step to ensure the technologies that will drive the next generation of economic growth and manufacturing – from semiconductors to hydrogen buses to the next generation jet engine – will be developed in America, and put Ohioans to work at good paying jobs.”

This landmark legislation includes the following key provisions:

Strong Buy America Provisions for Taxpayer-Funded Infrastructure Projects

This legislation includes a bipartisan bill that Brown authored with Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) – the Build America, Buy America Act – to apply Buy America rules to all taxpayer-funded infrastructure and public works projects. This bipartisan bill passed the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee earlier this month.

Currently, Buy America rules have not been fully implemented with respect to all federal programs that providetaxpayer-funded dollars for the construction of infrastructure. When Chinese- or Russian- made steel and other products are used instead of American products, it steals jobs from U.S. workers. This legislation would implement Buy America rules across the board – ensuring that American taxpayer dollars are used to buy American-made iron, steel, and manufactured products for any federally funded infrastructure projects.

Previously, Brown introduced bipartisan legislation to apply Buy America rules to all taxpayer-funded infrastructure projects, and led the fight to restore Buy America provisions to water and sewer infrastructureprojects as well. Brown has applauded the strong Buy America requirements in President Biden’s American Jobs Plan, and helped develop the extensive Buy America requirements in Senate Democrats’ infrastructure proposals. 

Tough New Tools to Crack Down on China’s Cheating

As Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Brown worked with Ranking Member Pat Toomey (R-PA) on a provision to take on China’s theft of trade secrets from U.S. firms. TheirMeeting the China Challenge Act of 2021 would address critical concerns about China in the national security and financial services arena, including urging intensified use of existing sanctions authorities against Chinese violators on the following issues: Hong Kong, human rights, cyber espionage, illicit trade with North Korea, and fentanyl production and distribution. The legislation also provides for broad new mandatory sanctions on Chinese actors engaged in cyberattacks against the U.S.

This provision also underscores the need for effective implementation of new anti-money laundering and corporate transparency laws to combat China’s abuses of anonymous shell companies, provides for a review of export controls on items that could be used to support human rights abuses in China, and urges firms to adopt a corporate code of conduct for operating in China. It also mandates new Congressional reporting requirements on a range of issues, including on the extent to which Chinese state-owned enterprises engaged in malign behavior have recently received U.S. taxpayer-funded assistance, to inform future policymaking.

More specifically, the Meeting the China Challenge Act of 2021 will include:

1.      Provisions urging intensified use of existing sanctions authorities with respect to the People’s Republic of China;

2.      New mandatory sanctions to combat cyber-attacks on United States Government or private sector networks;

3.      New mandatory sanctions to combat theft of trade secrets and intellectual property of United States persons and firms;

4.      A review of export controls on items with critical capabilities that enable human rights abuses;

5.      Establishment of an interagency task force to address Chinese market manipulation in the United States;

6.      A report on domestic shortfalls of industrial resources, materials, and critical technology items essential to the national defense;

7.      Reports on exposure of the United States to the financial system of the People’s Republic of China, on Chinese state-owned enterprises, and on China’s development of alternative financial messaging services; and 

8.      Reports on investment reciprocity between the United States and the People’s Republic of China, and on exposure of the United States to China’s financial system.

Provision to Expand National Network of Manufacturing Institutes

This legislation will include a bill authored by Sen. Brown and Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO), which would build on the success of their bipartisan 2014 legislation, the Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act. This 2014 bill created a network of 15 manufacturing innovation hubs around the country. This network was modeled after the first manufacturing institute, “America Makes,” in Youngstown, which President Obama directed the Department of Defense to create in 2012. This effort was one of the biggest steps the U.S. had taken to make our manufacturing industry more competitive.

Their new provision will provide funding to support existing institutes and create 15 new institutes – steps that will help ensure American industry continues to out-innovate the rest of the world. Specifically, this legislation will: 

1. Expand the program to create at least 15 more Manufacturing USA institutes, by authorizing $2.4 billion for fiscal year 2021 through fiscal year 2025 for the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to carry out the program;
2. Promote more direct collaboration with minority serving institutions, ensuring that our nation utilizes the talent and skill of its entire workforce; and by directing the Secretary of Commerce to coordinate with existing and new institutes, to integrate Minority-Serving Institutions as active members of the institutes;
3. Integrate the Manufacturing Extension Program (MEP) – which provides critical assistance to small- and medium- sized manufacturers – with the Manufacturing USA institutes so that small- and medium- sized manufacturers can better participate; and
4. Establish a new Worker Advisory Council for the Manufacturing USA Program to better bring together labor and industry – by directing the Secretary of Commerce to coordinate with the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Energy, and the Secretary of Education, to establish an advisory council for the Manufacturing USA Program on the development and dissemination of techniques, policies, and investments for high-road labor practices, worker adaptation and success with technological change, and increased worker participation across the Manufacturing USA Network.

Funding and Support to Address the Global Semiconductor Shortage Facing Auto Manufacturers

This legislation invests in American workers and our nation’s long-term competitiveness by shoring up critical industries like semiconductors, which are facing a global shortage. All sectors of the economy need access to semiconductor chips, however the need is particularly significant for the domestic auto industry. Today’s cars include high-end electronic components that improve vehicle efficiency and safety, and these electronic components rely upon semiconductors to function.

This bill includes nearly $50 billion for the CHIPS Act, which would provide emergency supplemental appropriations to fund the chip provisions that were included in this year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

Brown and Portman have been working to secure solutions for the semiconductor crisis for months, having written to Brian Deese, Director of the National Economic Council in February, urging the administration to support efforts to secure the necessary funding to swiftly implement the semiconductor-related provisions in the most recent NDAA, to boost semiconductor manufacturing and incentivize the domestic production of semiconductors in the future.

Investments to Ensure Workers and Communities are Paid Prevailing Wages

This legislation includes important provisions to ensure companies are investing in their workers and communities by paying a prevailing wage. This applies to CHIPS Act semiconductor production, clean technology projects, and any construction projects funded by assistance through R&D programs

The Davis-Bacon Act requires that contractors and subcontractors must pay their laborers and mechanics no less than the locally prevailing wages and fringe benefits for corresponding work on similar projects in the area. This provision directs the Department of Labor to determine locally prevailing wage rates. The Davis-Bacon Act’s prevailing wage provisions also apply to projects in which federal agencies assist with construction through grants, loans, loan guarantees, and insurance.

Important R&D Provisions to Support Scientific Communities & Promote U.S. Innovation

This legislation includes the Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act, which Brown cosponsored. This provision would authorize nearly $25 billion in support to U.S. researchers who have been impacted by the pandemic. Although coronavirus-related research is a current federal government priority, other research has been delayed due to closures of campuses and laboratories. The people who comprise the research workforce – graduate students, postdocs, principal investigators, and technical support staff – face financial and other hardships from the disruption of their research activities. The RISE Act will provide necessary relief to preserve the current scientific workforce and ensure that the U.S. is prepared to continue our global scientific leadership once this crisis ends.

This bill also includes the Supporting Early Career Researchers Act. Brown cosponsored this bill to authorize the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a two-year pilot program to award grants to highly qualified early-career investigators to conduct at independent research institutions of higher education for up to two years. This will help prevent the loss of research talent due to job market disruptions caused by the economic decline during and after the pandemic.

The Combating Sexual Harassment in Science Act was also included in the bill. Brown cosponsored this legislation to help improve the understanding of factors contributing to sexual harassment in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, examine impacts of harassment on individuals and policies to reduce it, and spur interagency efforts to mitigate this harassment. American innovation in science and technology is made stronger when everyone is able to participate free from discrimination or harassment. This legislation takes important steps toward ensuring more inclusive, safe, and equitable opportunities are afforded to scholars in STEM fields, which were already underrepresented by women and especially women of color, well before the pandemic.

 

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Source: United States Senator for Ohio Sherrod Brown

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and Tina Smith (D-MN) led all 50 Senate Democrats in introducing a Senate resolution recognizing June as LGBTQ Pride Month. The resolution highlights the contributions LGBTQ individuals have made to American society, notes several major milestones in the fight for equal treatment of LGBTQ Americans, and resolves to continue efforts to achieve full equality for LGBTQ individuals. The resolution also recognizes how the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic compounds the systemic inequality that LGBTQ people face in healthcare, employment, and housing systems in the United States, leading to a disparate impact on LGBTQ people.

“We must continue standing with our LGBTQ friends and neighbors – not just during the month of June, but year round,” said Senator Brown. “In celebrating LGBTQ Pride Month, we must remember that the fight for LGBTQ rights reached a turning point when opposition to brutal homophobic and transphobic police violence led to the Stonewall Uprising more than 50 years ago.  Even more so, LGBTQ people of color are on the front lines of an ongoing movement for civil rights. I hope all Americans will join me in celebrating the accomplishments and courage of the LGBTQ community, and commit themselves to continuing the fight for equality for all. This year, as we approach the 6-year anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling that guaranteed marriage equality, let’s recommit ourselves to achieving gender equality and social, economic, and racial justice.”

“Pride Month is an opportunity to celebrate the progress made in the fight for justice, equality and inclusion,” said Senator Feinstein. “At the same time we must recommit ourselves to combating hatred and bigotry in all its forms. Nobody should face discrimination because of who they are or who they love. Pride Month reminds us of that fact and that we can’t rest until true equality for all LGBTQ individuals is achieved.”

“This month—and all year round—we fight for equality for the LGBTQ+ community,” said Senator Smith. “The freedom to live and love openly is fundamental. Let’s celebrate Pride Month while recommitting ourselves to continuing the fight for justice and equality. I’m urging my colleagues in the Senate to find the moral courage to pass the long-overdue EQUALITY Act. And we need additional bold, united action to protect and defend LGBTQ+ rights to help ensure that everyone is safe and respected. I am proud to help lead this resolution.”

Brown introduced the first-ever Senate Pride Month Resolution in June 2017, after then President Trump broke the eight-year tradition of offering an official presidential proclamation recognizing June as Pride Month. This is the fifth year in a row that Brown has introduced the resolution. On June 1, President Biden issued a presidential proclamation recognizing June as Pride Month, the first time Pride Month has been recognized in the Oval Office since 2016. 

In 2019, Senate Democrats re-introduced the Equality Act, legislation to ensure civil rights laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The Equality Act would unequivocally ban discrimination in a host of areas, including employment, housing, public accommodations, jury service, access to credit, federal funding assistance, and education. 

Along with Sens. Brown, Feinstein, and Smith, the resolution was co-sponsored by all 50 Senate Democrats, including Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Ed Markey (D-MA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Bob Casey (D- PA), Michael Bennett (D-CO), Tom Carper (D-DE), Angus King (I-ME), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Jon Tester (D-MT), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Patty Murray (D-WA), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chris Coons (D-DE), Mark Warner (D-VA), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Gary Peters (D-MI), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Benjamin Cardin (D-MD), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Jack Reed (D-RI), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ).

 Full text of the resolution is available here. 

This year’s pride resolution has been endorsed by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Equality Ohio.

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