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

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Representatives Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.), Greg Landsman (D-Ohio), and Don Beyer (D-Va.), 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 ...