And, colleagues, it is so great to join all of you to announce the reintroduction of the Equality Act. The bill that we're here to talk about could not be more straightforward or common sense. The Equality Act simply puts into law what we all believe, that every American is created equal and should be treated equally under the law. This is a tenet of our nation's founding and something that I know and my constituents take seriously. But as we all know, for far too many LGBTQ Americans in states across the country, equality is not the reality. (00:19–00:31)
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