(WASHINGTON, D.C.)—This week, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, held a hearing on the ways the Trump Administration is undermining LGBTQ rights. 

TAKEAWAYS

• The Trump Administration has distorted religious liberty based on a misinterpretation of law and faith and turned it into a pretext for denying LGBTQ citizens equal participation in the economy and society.
• Witnesses testified that without express statutory protections for LGBTQ people, the Trump Administration’s systematic rollback of regulatory protections and increased use of religious exemptions threatens equal access to basic human needs for LGBTQ people and families.
• The Trump Administration has used executive orders, litigating decisions, amicus briefs, legal interpretations, agency guidance and regulations to undermine protections for LGBTQ people—and even the ability to foster or adopt. 

WITNESSES

Panel One

The Honorable Sean Patrick Maloney
Member of Congress

The Honorable Mark Takano
Member of Congress

The Honorable Joseph P. Kennedy
Member of Congress

The Honorable Mike Kelly
Member of Congress

Panel Two

Sarah Warbelow
Legal Director
Human Rights Campaign

Rev. Stan J. Sloan
Chief Executive Officer
Family Equality Council

Ernesto Olivares
San Antonio, Texas

Evan Minton
Livermore, California

Hiram Sasser (Minority Witness)
Executive General Counsel
First Liberty Institute

VIDEOS 

Watch Chairwoman Maloney’s opening statement.

Watch Rep. Raskin’s opening statement.

Watch Chairwoman Maloney’s question line.

Watch Rep. Rouda’s question line.

Watch Rep. Porter’s question line.

Watch Rep. Tlaib’s question line.

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