Comments on: ENDA: It’s Time to Call Your Rep! http://bluemassgroup.com/2007/10/enda-its-time-to-call-your-rep/ Reality-based commentary on politics and policy in Massachusetts and around the nation Fri, 24 May 2013 21:07:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: bean-in-the-burbs http://bluemassgroup.com/2007/10/enda-its-time-to-call-your-rep/#comment-92626 bean-in-the-burbs Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.bluemassgroup.com/diary/9195/#comment-92626 <p>But if others here are in his district, call him anyway, and give him some love for standing against discrimination.</p> <p><</p> <p>p> October 22, 2007</p> <p><</p> <p>p> Dear xxx: </p> <p><</p> <p>p> Thank you for your correspondence concerning H.R. 3685, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2007 (ENDA).  I appreciate hearing from you on this very important measure.</p> <p><</p> <p>p> As a co-sponsor of the initial version of ENDA (H.R. 2015), which included provisions extending employment protections for transgender people, I understand your strong feelings on this issue. You may be interested to know that Representative Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) is expected to offer an amendment to H.R. 3685 on the House floor that would restore ENDA's protections to people discriminated against on the basis of gender identity. Should that amendment be put forward, I would be inclined to vote in favor of it because, like you, I have always believed discrimination of any kind has no place in this country.</p> <p><</p> <p>p> Again, thank you for contacting me.  Please feel free to do so regarding any matter of concern to you.</p> <p><</p> <p>p> Sincerely,</p> <p><</p> <p>p> John F. Tierney Member of Congress</p> But if others here are in his district, call him anyway, and give him some love for standing against discrimination.

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Thank you for your correspondence concerning H.R. 3685, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2007 (ENDA).  I appreciate hearing from you on this very important measure.

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As a co-sponsor of the initial version of ENDA (H.R. 2015), which included provisions extending employment protections for transgender people, I understand your strong feelings on this issue. You may be interested to know that Representative Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) is expected to offer an amendment to H.R. 3685 on the House floor that would restore ENDA’s protections to people discriminated against on the basis of gender identity. Should that amendment be put forward, I would be inclined to vote in favor of it because, like you, I have always believed discrimination of any kind has no place in this country.

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Again, thank you for contacting me.  Please feel free to do so regarding any matter of concern to you.

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John F. Tierney
Member of Congress

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