{"id":6101,"date":"2014-03-18T15:43:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T19:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-leads-over-200-members-of-congress-in-calling-for-executive-order-protecting-lgbt-workers-from-workplace-discrimination\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:10:24","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:10:24","slug":"merkley-leads-over-200-members-of-congress-in-calling-for-executive-order-protecting-lgbt-workers-from-workplace-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-leads-over-200-members-of-congress-in-calling-for-executive-order-protecting-lgbt-workers-from-workplace-discrimination\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley lidera a m\u00e1s de 200 miembros del Congreso al pedir una orden ejecutiva que proteja a los trabajadores LGBT de la discriminaci\u00f3n en el lugar de trabajo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Actualizado el 20 de marzo de 2014)<\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2014 El senador de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, envi\u00f3 hoy una carta firmada por m\u00e1s de 200 senadores y representantes al presidente Barack Obama pidi\u00e9ndole que emita una orden ejecutiva que proh\u00edba a los contratistas recibir contratos del gobierno federal a menos que tengan una pol\u00edtica que proh\u00edba la discriminaci\u00f3n basada en la orientaci\u00f3n sexual. e identidad de g\u00e9nero.<\/p>\n<p>El apoyo a tal acci\u00f3n ha crecido exponencialmente en el Congreso, con 51 senadores (o m\u00e1s de la mitad del Senado) firmando la carta.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Todos los estadounidenses merecen justicia en el lugar de trabajo&quot;, afirm\u00f3 Merkley. &quot;No hay raz\u00f3n para esperar m\u00e1s para extender las pol\u00edticas de no discriminaci\u00f3n a los contratistas federales y proteger a millones de estadounidenses de ser despedidos por quienes son o por quienes aman&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>El senador Merkley ha sido durante mucho tiempo un defensor de la igualdad de derechos para todos los estadounidenses. Como presidente de la C\u00e1mara de Representantes de Oreg\u00f3n, defendi\u00f3 la aprobaci\u00f3n exitosa de un proyecto de ley que prohib\u00eda la discriminaci\u00f3n anti-LGBT en el empleo y los alojamientos p\u00fablicos en Oreg\u00f3n. Es el patrocinador principal de la Ley de No Discriminaci\u00f3n en el Empleo (ENDA) en el Senado. ENDA fue aprobada por el Senado en 2013 por votaci\u00f3n bipartidista de 64 a 32 y, con m\u00e1s de 200 copatrocinadores, est\u00e1 a la espera de acci\u00f3n en la C\u00e1mara.<\/p>\n<p>Las \u00f3rdenes ejecutivas que proh\u00edben diversos tipos de discriminaci\u00f3n por parte de contratistas federales han estado vigentes desde 1941, cuando el presidente Franklin Delano Roosevelt firm\u00f3 la primera orden de este tipo. Desde 1965, a los contratistas federales se les ha prohibido discriminar por motivos de raza, color, religi\u00f3n, sexo u origen nacional.<\/p>\n<p>El texto completo de la carta y la lista de firmantes se encuentran a continuaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>18 de marzo de 2014<\/p>\n<p>El presidente<\/p>\n<p>La casa Blanca<\/p>\n<p>1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW<\/p>\n<p>Washington, DC 20500<\/p>\n<p>Querido Se\u00f1or Presidente,<\/p>\n<p>Le escribimos para instarle a cumplir la promesa hecha en su discurso sobre el Estado de la Uni\u00f3n de hacer de este un \u201ca\u00f1o de acci\u00f3n\u201d y aprovechar el impulso de 2013 firmando una orden ejecutiva que proh\u00edbe a los contratistas federales discriminar en el empleo a lesbianas, gays y lesbianas. estadounidenses , bisexuales y transg\u00e9nero (LGBT). Como ha dicho antes, \u201cahora es el momento de poner fin a este tipo de discriminaci\u00f3n, no de permitirla\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mientras continuamos trabajando hacia la aprobaci\u00f3n final de la Ley de No Discriminaci\u00f3n en el Empleo (ENDA) con un fuerte apoyo bipartidista, le instamos a tomar medidas ahora para proteger a millones de trabajadores en todo el pa\u00eds de la amenaza de discriminaci\u00f3n simplemente por qui\u00e9nes son o a quienes aman. Estamos comprometidos a hacer todo lo que podamos en el Congreso para que ENDA llegue a su escritorio este a\u00f1o; sin embargo, no hay ning\u00fan motivo por el que no pueda actuar inmediatamente dando este importante paso. Esta orden ejecutiva brindar\u00eda a las personas LGBT otra v\u00eda en el gobierno federal a la que podr\u00edan recurrir si fueran v\u00edctimas de discriminaci\u00f3n laboral por parte de un contratista federal. Cuando se combinan con ENDA, estas protecciones contra la discriminaci\u00f3n ser\u00edan paralelas a las que han estado vigentes durante d\u00e9cadas por motivos de raza, sexo y religi\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>Una orden ejecutiva que cubra a los empleados LGBT estar\u00eda en l\u00ednea con un compromiso bipartidista de d\u00e9cadas para erradicar la discriminaci\u00f3n en el lugar de trabajo financiada por los contribuyentes. En 1941, el presidente Roosevelt prohibi\u00f3 la discriminaci\u00f3n en los contratos de defensa por motivos de raza, credo, color u origen nacional. En \u00f3rdenes ejecutivas posteriores, los presidentes Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy y Johnson ampliaron estas protecciones para garantizar que el dinero de los contribuyentes no se utilice para discriminar.<\/p>\n<p>Adem\u00e1s, la mayor\u00eda de los mayores contratistas gubernamentales (empresas como Boeing, Raytheon y Lockheed Martin) cuentan con pol\u00edticas de no discriminaci\u00f3n LGBT. Los adoptaron porque los l\u00edderes empresariales reconocen que la discriminaci\u00f3n es mala para los resultados.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Finalmente, el tiempo es esencial. Incluso con una orden ejecutiva vigente, la implementaci\u00f3n total de estas protecciones requerir\u00e1 que se desarrollen y finalicen regulaciones, un proceso que tomar\u00e1 muchos meses, si no m\u00e1s, para implementarse por completo.<\/p>\n<p>Emitir una orden ejecutiva que proh\u00edba la discriminaci\u00f3n contra los trabajadores LGBT en los contratos federales aprovechar\u00eda el importante progreso logrado en materia de derechos LGBT durante su mandato como presidente y promover\u00eda su legado como defensor de la igualdad LGBT. Le instamos a actuar ahora para prevenir la discriminaci\u00f3n irracional y financiada por los contribuyentes en el lugar de trabajo contra los estadounidenses LGBT.<\/p>\n<p>Atentamente,<\/p>\n<p>Senador Jeffrey A. Merkley<\/p>\n<p>Representante Jared Polis<\/p>\n<p>Senador Tom Harkin&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senadora Tammy Baldwin<\/p>\n<p>Representante Mike Michaud&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Representante David N. Cicilline<\/p>\n<p>Representante Sean Patrick Maloney<\/p>\n<p>Representante Mark Pocan<\/p>\n<p>Representante Kyrsten Sinema<\/p>\n<p>Representante Mark Takano<\/p>\n<p>Representante Frank Pallone, Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Representante Lois Capps<\/p>\n<p>Representante Diana DeGette<\/p>\n<p>Representante Joe Garc\u00eda<\/p>\n<p>Representante Ra\u00fal M. Grijalva<\/p>\n<p>Representante Michael Honda<\/p>\n<p>Representante B\u00e1rbara Lee<\/p>\n<p>Representante Jerrold Nadler<\/p>\n<p>Representante Adam Schiff&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senadora Mazie K. Hirono<\/p>\n<p>Senador Tim Kaine&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senador Christopher Coons&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senadora Jeanne Shaheen<\/p>\n<p>Senador Richard Durbin&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senador Patrick Leahy&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senadora Elizabeth Warren<\/p>\n<p>Senador Sheldon Whitehouse&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senadora Patty Murray<\/p>\n<p>Senadora Kirsten Gillibrand<\/p>\n<p>Senadora B\u00e1rbara Boxer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senador Carl Levin&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senador Robert P. Casey, Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Senador Bernard Sanders<\/p>\n<p>Senador Al Franken<\/p>\n<p>Senador Mart\u00edn Heinrich<\/p>\n<p>Senador Sherrod Brown<\/p>\n<p>Senador Edward J. Markey&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senador Jack Reed&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senador Thomas R. Carper<\/p>\n<p>Senadora Debbie Stabenow<\/p>\n<p>Senador Benjam\u00edn L. Cardin&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senador Mark Udall&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senador Ron Wyden<\/p>\n<p>Senador Christopher Murphy<\/p>\n<p>Senadora B\u00e1rbara Mikulski<\/p>\n<p>Senador Tim Johnson&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senador Charles Schumer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senador Bill Nelson&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senador Jon Probador&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senador Mark Begich&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senadora Mar\u00eda L. Landrieu&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senador Roberto Men\u00e9ndez.<\/p>\n<p>Senadora Amy Klobuchar<\/p>\n<p>Senador Cory Booker<\/p>\n<p>Senadora Claire McCaskill<\/p>\n<p>Senador Richard Blumenthal<\/p>\n<p>Senadora Dianne Feinstein<\/p>\n<p>Senador Tom Udall&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senador John D. Rockefeller, IV<\/p>\n<p>Senador Mark Warner&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senador Joe Donnelly&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senadora Kay Hagan<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 668px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Ron Barber<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Karen Bass<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Joyce Beatty<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Ami Bera<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Timothy H. Bishop<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Earl Blumenauer<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Suzanne Bonamici<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Robert A. Brady<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Bruce Braley<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Julia Brownley<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Michael E. Capuano<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Tony C\u00e1rdenas<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\">\n<p>Representante Andr\u00e9 Carson<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Matthew Cartwright<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Kathy Castor<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Joaqu\u00edn Castro<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Judy Chu<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Katherine Clark<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Yvette D. Clarke<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante James E. Clyburn<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Steve Cohen<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Gerald E. Connolly<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante John Conyers, Jr.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Joe Courtney<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Jos\u00e9 Crowley<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Susan A. Davis<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante John Delaney<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Rosa L. DeLauro<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Suzan K. DelBene<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Theodore E. Deutch<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Lloyd Doggett<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Mike Doyle<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Tammy Duckworth<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Keith Ellison<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Eliot L. Engel<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Anna G. Eshoo<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Elizabeth Esty<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Sam Farr<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Bill Foster<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Lois Frankel<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Alan Grayson<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Al Green<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Luis V. Guti\u00e9rrez<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Janice Hahn<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Colleen W. Hanabusa<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Alcee Hastings<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Denny Heck<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Brian Higgins<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Jim Himes<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Rub\u00e9n Hinojosa<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Rush Holt<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"668\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p>Representante Steven A. 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