Press Conference to Unveil ADA Restoration Act
From a Justice For All release:
Leading Members of the House and Senate will unveil bills at a press conference tomorrow, the 17th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), to restore the full promise of that landmark civil rights legislation. Recent Supreme Court decisions have narrowly interpreted the definition of "disability" under the ADA - thus making it more difficult for people to avail themselves of the law's protections - even though Congress intentionally chose a definition of "disability" that was broad. The bills being introduced by leading Members of the House and Senate, including Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (MD), Representative Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI), and Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), will ensure that the ADA is interpreted as broadly as originally intended by Congress. Who: Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (MD) Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) Representative Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) Representative Jerry Nadler (D-NY) Representative Jim Langevin (D-RI) Other Members of Congress John Lancaster, Executive Director, National Council on Independent Living Elizabeth Goldberg, Chair of Epilepsy Foundation Youth Council What: Press Conference to Unveil Legislation to Restore the Americans with Disabilities Act Where: West Front of the U.S. Capitol [Rain Site: Senate Agriculture Committee Room - Room 328A in the Russell Senate Office Building] When: 10:15 a.m. Thursday, July 26th Please note: for questions regarding accessibility for the West Front, please contact Katie Grant in the Office of the Majority Leader at 225-3130. For questions regarding accessibility for the Senate Agriculture Room, please contact Lee Perselay in the Office of Senator Tom Harkin at 224-6201.Source: Office of the U.S. House of Representatives
