Pascrell Hails House Passage of Equality Act

Landmark anti-discrimination bill passes House 224-206

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today voted in support of the Equality Act (H.R. 5), comprehensive civil rights legislation that prohibits discrimination against members of the LGBTQ+ community in employment, education, credit, jury service, federal funding, housing, and public accommodations.

“It is abhorrent that in 2021 many states continue to discriminate against LGBTQ Americans. Today the House says, ‘No more,’” said Rep. Pascrell, a co-sponsor of the Equality Act. “Our nation was founded on the promise that all people are created equal and are worthy of dignity and respect. With our passage of the Equality Act today, we are moving to fulfill that promise once and for all. Only together can we combat hateful discrimination that undermines our democracy. H.R. 5 gives us our best chance.”

In 2019, Rep. Pascrell helped pass another version of the Equality Act which was approved by the House but blocked by the Republican-controlled Senate.

Co-sponsored by Rep. Pascrell, the Equality Act has been endorsed by: the Human Rights Campaign, the NAACP, the Urban League, the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Women’s Law Center, the National Center for Transgender Equality, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the National Black Justice Coalition, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, the National LGBTQ taskforce, Lambda Legal, Family Equality Council, the National Partnership for Women and Families, the Transgender Law Center, Freedom for all Americans, SAGE, PFLAG, and the Center for American Progress.

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