Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

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Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 380, I call up the bill (H.R. 1065) to eliminate discrimination and promote women's health and economic security by ensuring reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition, and ask for its immediate consideration.

The Clerk read the title of the bill.

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Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. 1065, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 1065, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act introduced by Representatives Nadler and Katko.

It is unacceptable that, in 2021, pregnant workers can still be denied basic workplace accommodations that help them stay healthy during their pregnancy. These accommodations, from providing seating and water to excusing pregnant workers from heavy lifting, are not complex or costly.

But without these protections, too many workers are forced to either leave their jobs or put their health and the health of their pregnancy at risk. We can and must do better to ensure that no worker in this country is forced to choose between financial security and a healthy pregnancy.

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act would finally establish a right to reasonable accommodations to all pregnant workers, and it would guarantee that pregnant workers can seek those accommodations without facing discrimination or retaliation.

Last Congress, 226 House Democrats and 103 Republicans came together to pass this legislation by a margin of 329-73. I hope we can come together again this year and finally deliver this bipartisan priority to our Nation's workers.

House of Representatives, Committee on House Administration, Washington, DC, March 24, 2021. Hon. Robert C. ``Bobby'' Scott, Chairman, Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

Dear Chairman Scott: I am writing to you concerning H.R. 1065, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. There are certain provisions in the legislation which fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on House Administration.

In the interest of permitting your committee to proceed expeditiously to floor consideration, the Committee on House Administration agrees to forego action on the bill. This is done with the understanding that the Committee on House Administration's jurisdictional interests over this and similar legislation are in no way diminished or altered. In addition, the Committee reserves its right to seek conferees on any provisions within its jurisdiction which are considered in a House-Senate conference and requests your support if such a request is made.

I would appreciate your response confirming this understanding with respect to H.R. 1065 and ask that a copy of our exchange of letters on this matter be included in your committee report on the bill and in the Congressional Record during consideration of the bill on the House floor. Sincerely, Zoe Lofgren, Chairperson. ____ House of Representatives, Committee on Education and Labor, Washington, DC, March 25, 2021. Hon. Zoe Lofgren, Chairperson, Committee on House Administration, Washington, DC.

Dear Chairperson Lofgren: In reference to your letter of March 24, 2021, I write to confirm our mutual understanding regarding H.R. 1065, the ``Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.''

I appreciate the Committee on House Administration's waiver of consideration of H.R. 1065 as specified in your letter. I acknowledge that the waiver was granted only to expedite floor consideration of H.R. 1065 and does not in any way waive or diminish the Committee on House Administration's jurisdictional interests over this or similar legislation.

I would be pleased to include our exchange of letters on this matter in the committee report for H.R. 1065 and in the Congressional Record during floor consideration of the bill to memorialize our joint understanding.

Again, thank you for your assistance with this matter. Very truly yours, Robert C. ``Bobby'' Scott, Chairman. ____ House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, Washington, DC, March 23, 2021. Hon. Bobby Scott, Chairman, House Committee on Education and Labor, Washington, DC.

Dear Chairman Scott: This is to advise you that the Committee on the Judiciary has now had an opportunity to review the provisions in H.R. 1065, the ``Pregnant Workers Fairness Act,'' that fall within our Rule X jurisdiction. I appreciate your consulting with us on those provisions. 1065, with the understanding that we do not thereby waive any future jurisdictional claim over those provisions or their subject matters.

In the event a House-Senate conference on this or similar legislation is convened, the Judiciary Committee reserves the right to request an appropriate number of conferees to address any concerns with these or similar provisions that may arise in conference.

Please place this letter into the Congressional Record during consideration of the measure on the House floor. Thank you for the cooperative spirit in which you have worked regarding this matter and others between our committees. Sincerely, Jerrold Nadler, Chairman. ____ House of Representatives, Committee on Education and Labor, Washington, DC, April 28, 2021. Hon. Jerrold Nadler, Chairman, House Committee on the Judiciary, Washington, DC.

Dear Chairman Nadler: In reference to your letter of March 23, 2021, I write to confirm our mutual understanding regarding H.R. 1065, the ``Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.''

I appreciate the Committee on the Judiciary's waiver of consideration of H.R. 1065 as specified in your letter. I acknowledge that the waiver was granted only to expedite floor consideration of H.R. 1065 and does not in any way waive or diminish the Committee on the Judiciary's jurisdictional interests over this or similar legislation.

I would be pleased to include our exchange of letters on this matter in the committee report for H.R. 1065 and in the Congressional Record during floor consideration of the bill to memorialize our joint understanding.

Again, thank you for your assistance with this matter. Very truly yours, Robert C. ``Bobby'' Scott, Chairman. ____ House of Representatives, Committee on Oversight and Reform, Washington, DC, April 28, 2021. Hon. Robert C. ``Bobby'' Scott, Chairman, Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Washington, DC.

Dear Chairman Scott: I am writing to you concerning H.R. 1065, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. There are certain provisions in the legislation that fall within the Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on Oversight and Reform.

In the interest of permitting your Committee to proceed expeditiously on this bill, I am willing to waive this Committee's right to sequential referral. I do so with the understanding that by waiving consideration of the bill, the Committee on Oversight and Reform does not waive any future jurisdictional claim over the subject matters contained in the bill that fall within its Rule X jurisdiction. I request that you urge the Speaker to name members of this Committee to any conference committee that is named to consider such provisions.

Please place this letter into the Congressional Record during consideration of the measure on the House floor. Thank you for the cooperative spirit in which you have worked regarding this matter and others between our respective Committees. Sincerely, Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman. ____ House of Representatives, Committee on Education and Labor, Washington, DC, April 29, 2021. Hon. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman, House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Washington, DC.

Dear Chairwoman Maloney: In reference to your letter of April 28, 2021, I write to confirm our mutual understanding regarding H.R. 1065, the ``Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.''

I appreciate the Committee on Oversight and Reform' s waiver of consideration of H.R. 1065 as specified in your letter. I acknowledge that the waiver was granted only to expedite floor consideration of H.R. 1065 and does not in any way waive or diminish the Committee on Oversight and Reform's jurisdictional interests over this or similar legislation.

I would be pleased to include our exchange of letters on this matter in the committee report for H.R. 1065 and in the Congressional Record during floor consideration of the bill to memorialize our joint understanding.

Again, thank you for your assistance with this matter. Very truly yours, Robert C. ``Bobby'' Scott, Chairman.

Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Furthermore, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and First Amendment still apply. It is hard to imagine any religious objection to giving a pregnant worker water or an extra bathroom break, and there haven't been any complaints to the EEOC about the failure to do that.

At this time I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Schakowsky).

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Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record a letter from dozens of religious organizations, including the Catholic Labor Network, Jewish Women International, National Council of Churches, Union for Reform Judaism, and United Church of Christ, Justice and Witness Ministries in support of the legislation as it is.

Dear Representative: On behalf of the undersigned religious and faith-based organizations representing a diversity of faith traditions and communities across the nation, we write today in support of healthy workplace environments and conditions for pregnant workers. We urge you to pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (H.R. 1065). People of faith across the ideological spectrum understand that prioritizing the health and safety of pregnant workers should not be a partisan issue. The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act would ensure that pregnant workers can continue safely working to support their families during a pregnancy. The bill requires employers to make the same sort of accommodations for pregnant workers as are already in place for workers with disabilities.

Our faith traditions affirm the dignity of pregnant individuals and the moral imperative of ensuring their safety. We also affirm the dignity of work and the obligation to treat workers justly. It is immoral for an employer to force a worker to choose between a healthy pregnancy and earning a living. By passing the bipartisan Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (H.R. 1065), Congress will ensure that workers who are pregnant will be treated fairly in the workforce and can continue earning income to support themselves and their families. Efforts to distract from the central goal of ensuring pregnant workers can maintain their health and the health of their pregnancies by inserting unnecessary, harmful, and politically divisive language into this bill undermines our obligation to protect pregnant workers across our country.

While many pregnant individuals continue working throughout their pregnancies without incident, there are instances when minor accommodations are necessary at the workplace to ensure the safety of the expecting mother and the baby. All too often, requests for simple workplace accommodations like a stool to sit, a water bottle, or a bathroom break are denied. Within the COVID-19 context, such critical accommodations might include proper protective equipment, telework, or staggered work schedules that offer employees commute times which avoid crowded public transportation and increased exposure. Currently, pregnant workers may continue to work without necessary accommodations because they fear losing their jobs and need the income, thus endangering their health or the health of their pregnancy. Without these protections, it is not uncommon for pregnant workers to be let go or forced out onto unpaid leave for requesting accommodations. Many others must quit their job to avoid risking the health of their pregnancy.

Passing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act is a moral and economic imperative; two-thirds of women who had their first child between 2006 and 2008, the last year for which data is available, worked during pregnancy, and 88 percent of these first-time mothers worked into their last trimester. Keeping these women healthy and in the workforce is paramount to family economic security. In 2020, 77.5 percent of mothers with children under age 6 worked full time, and that number goes up to 81.2 percent for employed mothers with children ages 6 to 17. Millions of families rely on their earnings. In 2019, the last year for which data is available, 41 percent of mothers were the sole or primary breadwinners in their families, while 24.8 percent of mothers were co-breadwinners. Whole families suffer when pregnant workers are forced out of a job.

The undersigned religious and faith-based groups are united in support of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. We strongly urge you to vote for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. Sincerely, the undersigned:

Ameinu, Arizona Jews for Justice, Aytzim: Ecological Judaism, Bend the Arc: Jewish Action, Catholic Labor Network, Church World Service, Columban Center for Advocacy and Outreach, Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, U.S. Provinces, Faith Action Network, Faith Action Network--Washington State.

Franciscan Action Network, Friends Committee on National Legislation, Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action, Jewish Family & Children's Service of Greater Boston, Jewish Women International, Justice Revival, Keshet, Leadership Conference of Women Religious, National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

National Council of Churches, National Council of Jewish Women, NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice, Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies, Pax Christi USA, T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, Union for Reform Judaism, United Church of Christ, Justice and Witness Ministries, Uri L'Tzedek. ____ May 11, 2021. Faith Leader Statements. of Support for Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

``The Union for Reform Judaism is proud to support the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. According to the ancient rabbis, workers should not be put in the position where they have ``to starve or afflict themselves in order to feed their children'' (Tosefta Bava Metzia 8:2). With reasonable workplace accommodations, pregnant workers can keep earning a livelihood while protecting their health, so no worker faces the agonizing choice between a healthy pregnancy and their family's financial security. As the inequitable impact of the pandemic has highlighted, People of Color are more likely to hold demanding, inflexible jobs where they face tradeoffs between their work and their health. Illegal pregnancy discrimination and denial of workplace accommodations, which disproportionately affect pregnant People of Color, contribute to the Black maternal health crisis and other forms of racial inequity. Congress must protect expectant parents and pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which will help to mitigate the racial and economic injustices that pregnancy discrimination perpetuates.''--Rabbi Jonah Dov Pesner, Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism

NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice urges all members of the House of Representatives to vote yes on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). In just the fall of 2020, this critical legislation received more than 300 affirmative votes in the House and now is the time to show the same overwhelming support for pregnant workers. This common sense, bipartisan legislation is faithful to the principles of Catholic Social Teaching--and the dignity of the human person in particular--by caring for the health and economic security of pregnant people and their families. Forcing workers to choose between a healthy pregnancy and a paycheck is immoral and the PWFA ends this injustice. NETWORK Lobby calls on the House of Representatives to quickly send the PWFA to the Senate to support working people in the United States who are bringing new life into the world.''--Mary J. Novak, Executive Director, NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice

The Catholic Labor Network strongly supports the Pregnant Workers' Fairness Act. Pro-life and proworker, this essential legislation protects worker justice and honors families. No woman should have to choose between her job and her unborn child.''--Clayton Sinyai, Executive Director, Catholic Labor Network

``National Council of Jewish Women knows that pregnancy discrimination is a racial justice issue. Black women, Latinas, and immigrant women are more likely to hold inflexible and physically demanding jobs that present specific challenges for pregnant workers and are less likely to provide reasonable pregnancy accommodation. The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act would ensure that pregnant people do not have to choose between a healthy pregnancy and their economic security.''--Jody Rabhan, Chief Policy Officer, National Council of Jewish Women

``ln so many of our homes, children depend upon their mothers for placing food on the table. Moms work; that's been the case for years. Yet our laws and regulations are not keeping up. Too often, working women who are pregnant are not given appropriate accommodations while they are pregnant. Congress must pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act that would ensure that pregnant workers are able to continue working safely, in the same way as workers with disabilities are accommodated''--Lawrence E. Couch, Director, National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd

``Women of Reform Judaism is proud to support the Pregnant Workers' Fairness Act. The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened the urgent need to establish policies to protect essential workers--overwhelmingly Black women, Latinas, immigrant women, and other Women of Color. Today, far too many of these essential workers are denied temporary job-related accommodations in order to maintain a healthy pregnancy and are forced to make the heartbreaking choice between their family's economic security and their health. No worker should ever be forced to make such a choice. Passing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act is a moral imperative and we urge members of Congress to support its swift passage.''--Rabbi Marla Feldman, Executive Director, Women of Reform Judaism
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Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, could you advise as to how much time is remaining on both sides?

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Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, how much time do I have remaining?

Mr. Speaker, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act is based on the simple idea that no one in this country should have to choose between financial security and a healthy pregnancy.

This concept of fairness for pregnant workers is precisely why both Democrats and Republicans came together to pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act in the last Congress.

Let's be clear. Reasonable protections for workers are nothing new in our Nation's workplaces. Employers already have several decades of experience providing reasonable accommodations for workers with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

We have heard about the fact that it doesn't include a religious exemption. Well, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act still applies. The First Amendment still applies. But there is no reason to give a wholesale exemption to religious organizations, because what are you exempting them from? Providing water for pregnant workers, giving a bathroom break to a pregnant worker, is that what they need an exemption from?

We need to make sure that those accommodations are available to all pregnant women who are working and that organizations with at least 15 workers are guaranteeing protections for pregnant workers in Federal law.

By doing that, this bill will eliminate the confusing patchwork of State and local workplace standards that workers and employers are currently forced to navigate. This legislation has broad support across the political spectrum and our communities.

In a recent nationwide survey, 89 percent of voters say they support the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. Labor unions; civil rights groups, as we have heard; and the business community, including the Chamber of Commerce, have all endorsed this proposal as it is. It is imperative that we finally guarantee pregnant workers access to reasonable workplace accommodations.

Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record a letter signed by over 250 organizations in support of H.R. 1065, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. May 11, 2021. Re Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.

Dear Member of Congress: As organizations committed to promoting the health and economic security of our nation's families, we urge you to support the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, a crucial maternal and infant health measure. This bipartisan legislation promotes healthy pregnancies and economic security for pregnant workers and their families and strengthens the economy.

In the last few decades, there has been a dramatic demographic shift in the workforce. Not only do women now make up almost half of the workforce, but there are more pregnant workers than ever before and they are working later into their pregnancies. The simple reality is that some pregnant workers--especially those in physically demanding jobs--will have a medical need for a temporary job-related accommodation in order to maintain a healthy pregnancy. Yet, too often, instead of providing pregnant workers with an accommodation, employers will fire or push them onto unpaid leave, depriving them of a paycheck and health insurance at a time when it may be most needed.

Additionally, discrimination affects pregnant workers across race and ethnicity, but women of color and immigrants may be at particular risk. Latinas, Black women and immigrant women are more likely to hold certain inflexible and physically demanding jobs that can present specific challenges for pregnant workers, such as cashiers, home health aides, food service workers, and cleaners, making reasonable accommodations on the job even more important, and loss of wages and health insurance due to pregnancy discrimination especially challenging. American families and the American economy depend on women's income: we cannot afford to force pregnant workers out of work.

In 2015, in Young v. United Parcel Service, the Supreme Court held that a failure to make accommodations for pregnant workers with medical needs will sometimes violate the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 (PDA). Yet, even after Young, pregnant workers are still not getting the accommodations they need to stay safe and healthy on the job and employers lack clarity as to their obligations under the law. The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act will provide a clear, predictable rule: employers must provide reasonable accommodations for limitations arising out of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless this would pose an undue hardship.

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act is modeled after the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and offers employers and employees a familiar reasonable accommodation framework to follow. Under the ADA, workers with disabilities enjoy clear statutory protections and need not prove how other employees are treated in order to obtain necessary accommodations. Pregnant workers deserve the same clarity and streamlined process and should not have to ascertain how their employer treats others in order to understand their own accommodation rights, as the Supreme Court's ruling currently requires.

Evidence from states and cities that have adopted laws similar to the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act suggests that providing this clarity reduces lawsuits and, most importantly, helps ensure that workers can obtain necessary reasonable accommodations in a timely manner, which keeps pregnant workers healthy and earning an income when they need it most. Workers should not have to choose between providing for their family and maintaining a healthy pregnancy, and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act would ensure that all those working for covered employers would be protected.

The need for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act is recognized across ideological and partisan lines. Thirty states and D.C. have adopted pregnant worker fairness measures with broad, and often unanimous, bipartisan support. Twenty-five of those laws have passed within the last seven years. These states include: Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington. Lawmakers have concluded that accommodating pregnant workers who need it is a measured approach grounded in family values and basic fairness.

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act is necessary because it promotes long-term economic security and workplace fairness. When accommodations allow pregnant workers to continue to work, they can maintain income and seniority, while forced leave sets new parents back with lost wages and missed advancement opportunities. When pregnant workers are fired, not only do they and their families lose critical income, but they must fight extra hard to re-enter a job market that is especially brutal on those who are pregnant and unemployed.

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act is vital because it supports healthy pregnancies. The choice between risking a job and risking the health of a pregnancy is one no one should have to make. Pregnant workers who cannot perform some aspects of their usual duties without risking their own health or the health of their pregnancy, but whose families cannot afford to lose their income, may continue working under dangerous conditions. There are health consequences to pushing pregnant workers out of the workforce as well. Stress from job loss can increase the risk of having a premature baby and/or a baby with low birth weight. In addition, if workers are not forced to use their leave during pregnancy, they may have more leave available to take following childbirth, which in turn facilitates lactation, bonding with and caring for a new child, and recovering from childbirth.

For all of these reasons, we urge you to support the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.

We also welcome the opportunity to provide you with additional information. Sincerely,

A Better Balance, American Civil Liberties Union, National Partnership for Women & Families, National Women's Law Center, 1,000 Days, 2020 Mom, 9to5, ACTION OHIO Coalition For Battered Women, Advocates for Youth, AFL-CIO, African American Ministers In Action, Alaska Breastfeeding Coalition, Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, All-Options, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Association of University, Women (AAUW), American Association of University, Women (AAUW) Indianapolis, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

American Federation of Teachers, American Public Health Association, AnitaB.org, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO, Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs, Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs, Association of State Public Health Nutritionists, Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Baby Cafe USA, Beaufort-Jasper-Hampton Comprehensive Health Services, Black Mamas Matter Alliance, Black Women's Roundtable, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Bloom, Baby! Birthing Services, Bread For the World.

Breastfeeding Coalition of Delaware, Breastfeeding Family Friendly Communities, Breastfeeding Hawaii, BreastfeedLA, Building Pathways, Inc, California Breastfeeding Coalition, California WIC Association, California Work & Family Coalition, California Women's Law Center, Casa de Esperanza: National Latina@ Network for Healthy Families and Communities, Center for American Progress, Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), Center for LGBTQ Economic, Advancement & Research, Center for Parental Leave Leadership, Center for Public Justice, Center for Reproductive Rights, Chosen Vessels Midwifery Services, Church World Service, Clearinghouse on Women's Issues, CLUW.

Coalition for Restaurant Safety & Health, Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW), Coalition on Human Needs, Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, U.S. Provinces, Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund (CWEALF), DC Dorothy Day Catholic Worker, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Disciples Center for Public Witness, Economic Policy Institute, Equality Ohio, Equal Pay Today, Equal Rights Advocates, Every Texan, Every Mother, Inc., Family Equality, Family Values @ Work, Farmworker Justice, Feminist Majority Foundation, First Focus Campaign for Children.

Futures Without Violence, Gender Equality Law Center, Gender Justice, Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights (GRR!), Hadassah, The Women's Zionist, Organization of America, Inc., Hawai`i Children's Action Network Speaks!, Health Care For America Now, Healthier Moms and Babies, Healthy Children Project, Inc., Healthy and Free Tennessee, Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Georgia, HealthyWomen, Hispanic Federation, Hoosier Action, Human Rights Watch, ICNA CSJ, In Our Own Voice: National Black Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda, Indiana Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Indiana Institute for Working Families.

Indianapolis Urban League, Institute for Women's Policy Research, Interfaith Workers Justice, Justice for Migrant Women, Kansas Action for Children, Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition, KWH Law Center for Social Justice and Change, La Leche League Alliance, La Leche League USA, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, LCLAA, Legal Aid at Work, Legal Momentum, The Women's Legal Defense and Education Fund, Legal Voice, Mabel Wadsworth Center, Main Street Alliance, Maine Women's Lobby, Make It Work Nevada, Mana, A National Latina Organization.

March of Dimes, Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance, MCCOY (Marion County Commission on Youth), Methodist Federation for Social Action, Michigan Breastfeeding Network, Michigan League for Public Policy, Midwives Alliance of Hawaii, Minus 9 to 5, Mississippi Black Women's Roundtable, Mom Congress, MomsRising, Monroe County NOW, Mother Hubbard's Cupboard, Mothering Justice, Mother's Own Milk Matters, MS Black Women's Roundtable & MS, Women's Economic Security Initiative, NAACP, NARAL Pro-Choice America, National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF).

National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, National Association of Social Workers, National Association of Social Workers NH Chapter, National Advocates for Pregnant Women, National Birth Equity Collaborative, National Center for Law and Economic Justice, National Center for Lesbian Rights, National Center for Parent Leadership, Advocacy, and Community Empowerment (National PLACE), National Coalition for the Homeless, National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc., Central Ohio Chapter, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, National Consumers League, National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH).

National Council of Jewish Women, National Council of Jewish Women Cleveland, National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Atlanta Section, National Domestic Workers Alliance, National Education Association, National Employment Law Project, National Employment Lawyers Association, National Health Law Program, National Hispanic Council on Aging, National Network to End Domestic Violence, National Organization for Women, National Urban League, National WIC Association, National Women's Health Network, NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice, New Jersey Breastfeeding Coalition, New Jersey Citizen Action, New Jersey Time to Care Coalition.

New Mexico Breastfeeding Task Force, New Working Majority, North Carolina Justice Center, Northwest Arkansas Breastfeeding Coalition, Nurse-Family Partnership, Nutrition First, Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence, Ohio Coalition for Labor Union Women, Ohio Domestic Violence Network, Ohio Federation of Teachers, Ohio Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, Ohio Women's Alliance, Oxfam America, Paid Leave For All, Partnership for America's Children, Peirce Consulting LLC, Philadelphia Coalition of Labor Union, Women Philly CLUW, Philadelphia NOW Education Fund, Philaposh, Physicians for Reproductive Health, Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

PL+US: Paid Leave for the United States, Poder Latinx, Pontikes Law LLC, PowHer New York, Pray First Mission Ministries, Pretty Mama Breastfeeding, LLC, Prevent Child Abuse NC, Public Advocacy for Kids (PAK), Restaurant Opportunities Center United, RESULTS, RESULTS DC/MD, Shriver Center on Poverty Law, SisterReach, SPAN Parent Advocacy Network (SPAN), Solutions for Breastfeeding, Speaking of Birth, Southwest Women's Law Center, The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW), The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights,

The Little Timmy Project, The National Domestic Violence Hotline, The Ohio Women's Public Policy Network, The Women and Girls Foundation of Southwest Pennsylvania, The Women's Law Center of Maryland, The Zonta Club of Greater Queens, TIME'S UP Now, U.S. Breastfeeding Committee, Ujima Inc: The National Center on Violence Against Women in the Black Community, UltraViolet, Union for Reform Judaism, United Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministries, United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE), United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), United Spinal Association, United State of Women, United Steelworkers, United Today, Stronger Tomorrow.

Universal Health Care Action Network of Ohio, VA NOW, Inc., Virginia Breastfeeding Advisory Committee, Virginia Breastfeeding Coalition, Voices for Progress, Wabanaki Women's Coalition, We All Rise, West Virginia Breastfeeding Alliance, Western Kansas Birthkeeping, William E. Morris Institute for Justice (Arizona), Women and Girls Foundation of Southwest Pennsylvania, Women Employed, Women of Reform Judaism, Women's Fund of Greater Chattanooga.

Women's Fund of Rhode Island, Women's Law Project, Women's March, Women's Media Center, Women's Rights and Empowerment Network, Women4Change, Workplace Fairness, Workplace Justice Project at Loyola Law Clinic, Worksafe, WV Breastfeeding Alliance, WV Perinatal Partnership, Inc., YWCA Dayton, YWCA Greater Cincinnati, YWCA Mahoning Valley, YWCA McLean County, YWCA Northwestern Illinois, YWCA USA, YWCA of the University of Illinois, ZERO TO THREE.

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Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, lastly, I thank Chairman Nadler and Congressman Katko for their leadership on this important legislation.

Mr. Speaker, I urge a ``yes'' vote, and I reserve the balance of my time.

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