{"id":6292,"date":"2012-12-04T17:27:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T22:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-saddened-by-senate-vote-against-equal-opportunity\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:10:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:10:40","slug":"merkley-saddened-by-senate-vote-against-equal-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-saddened-by-senate-vote-against-equal-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley entristecida por el voto del Senado en contra de la igualdad de oportunidades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Washington DC<\/strong>\u2013 El senador de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, emiti\u00f3 la siguiente declaraci\u00f3n despu\u00e9s de que la Convenci\u00f3n de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad fracasara en el Senado.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSimple y llanamente, el Senado de los Estados Unidos vot\u00f3 hoy en contra de la igualdad de oportunidades. Me siento frustrado y entristecido por el fracaso del Senado de los Estados Unidos a la hora de ratificar la Convenci\u00f3n de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad. La conclusi\u00f3n es que este tratado trataba sobre igualdad y justicia para las personas con discapacidades, especialmente para aquellos estadounidenses que viajan fuera de los EE.UU. y encuentran pr\u00e1cticas de discapacidad deficientes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEl prop\u00f3sito principal de este tratado habr\u00eda sido elevar las pr\u00e1cticas de discapacidad del resto del mundo a los est\u00e1ndares de Estados Unidos. Quiero agradecer a la Representante de la C\u00e1mara de Representantes de Oreg\u00f3n, Sara Gelser, por su trabajo en el Consejo Nacional sobre Discapacidad y a todos en Disability Rights Oregon por su trabajo a lo largo de los a\u00f1os en cuestiones de discapacidad y justicia para todos en Oreg\u00f3n\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8211; Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley issued the following statement after the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities failed in the Senate.&nbsp; &ldquo;Plain and simple, the U.S. Senate voted against equal opportunity today. 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