BEYER, MFUME, LANDSMAN, VAN HOLLEN LEAD 75 COLLEAGUES IN PRESSING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO WITHDRAW PROPOSAL THAT WOULD GUT CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTIONS FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

Washington, Oct. 3 -- Rep. Don Beyer issued the following press release:

Today, Representatives Don Beyer (D-Va.), Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.), and Greg Landsman (D-Ohio) and U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) along with 75 of their colleagues, called on Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Andrea Lucas to rescind their proposed rule to eliminate protections and strip federal employees of critical civil rights in discrimination complaints. While the lawmakers expressed support for implementing improvements to the existing federal-sector Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) process, they stressed that this proposed rule would make it more difficult for federal workers to challenge workplace discrimination and would weaken essentia...