,,iv  #aaf? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,res4 #cig  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(     
,,repres5tatives  ,may #bb1 #bjai,mr4   
,clay 7= himself & ,mr4 ,david ,scott ( 
,georgia7 submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2 
:i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee on         
,f9ancial ,s]vices1 & 9 addition to !   
,committee on ! ,judici>y1 = a p]iod to 
be subsequ5tly det]m9$ by ! ,speak]1 9  
ea* case = consid]ation ( su* provisions
 z fall )9 ! jurisdiction ( ! committee 
conc]n$  ,,resolution  ,recogniz+ !     
*all5ges1 a*ievem5ts1 & significant     
contributions ( wom5 & m9orities 9 !    
fields ( h\s+1 h\s+ f9ance1 & community 
developm5t4  ,:]eas ,presid5t ,lyndon   
,ba9es ,johnson sign$ ! ,fair ,h\s+ ,act
 into law 9 #aifh :i* prohibits         
discrim9ation 9 ! sale1 r5tal1 or f9anc+
 ( h\s+ bas$ on race1 color1 religion1  
national orig91 sex1 familial /atus1 &  
h&icap to c\nt] p]vasive1 sy/emic1 &    
debilitat+ fran*is$ racism2 ,:]eas      
public & private inve/m5t & ! economic  
heal? & /ability ( communities are      

influ5c$ by h\s+ opportunity2 ,:]eas    
wom5 & m9orities h be5 hi/orically      
exclud$ 9 h\s+2 ,:]eas wom5 & m9orities 
h be5 hi/orically und]repres5t$ 9 h\s+2 
,:]eas mon?s aft] ,congress pass$ a     
l&m>k law direct+ ! ,f$]al ,gov]nm5t to 
dismantle segregation 9 ! ,nation's     
h\s+1 ,presid5t ,nixon's ,secret>y (    
,h\s+ & ,urban ,developm5t ,george      
,romney began work+ to implem5t a plan  
to use ! law to its fulle/ effect to    
rev]se pa/ discrim9ation & in/itute fair
 h\s+ 9 a l[-key mann]2 ,:]eas home     
own]%ip & /able h\s+ among/ wom5 &      
m9orities br+ significant economic      
b5efits to communities2 ,:]eas m wom5   
are liv+ indep5d5tly or s]v+ z heads (  
h\seholds today ?an :5 ! ,fair ,h\s+    
,act became law1 ) wom5 compromis+ ne>ly
 #bj p]c5t ( home buy]s today2 ,:]eas   
evid5ce f ! ,int]national ,monet>y ,fund
 sugge/s t add+ wom5 to ! labor m>ket w 
increase ov]all productivity & /imulate 
wage gr[? = bo? wom5 & m52 ,:]eas a     
rec5t /udy f\nd t increas$ div]sity (   

lead]%ip teams 9 bus9ess result$ 9 #ai  
p]c5t high] rev5ue due to innovation1 a 
sub/antial factor 9 te* companies1      
/>tups1 & indu/ries ( ! future2 ,:]eas  
hi/oric & sy/emic racial b>ri]s to weal?
 build+ & ! implication ?is has _h =    
home own]%ip left _m 9 cities across    
,am]ica vuln]able to displacem5t &      
economic isolation2 & ,:]eas lack ( h\s+
 opportunity contributes to ! cont9u$   
racial weal? gap3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be x  ,t !
 ,h\se ( ,repres5tatives-- 7#a7         
recognizes ! significant contributions &
 importance ( repres5tation ( wom5 &    
m9orities 9 h\s+2  7#b7 enc\rages       
increas$ p>ticipation ( wom5 & m9orities
 9 h\s+ & relat$ fields2 &  7#c7 w look 
to promote div]sity1 policies1 & robu/  
inve/m5t 9 programs :i* s]ve to c\nt]m& 
hi/oric segregation p]petrat$ aga9/ wom5
 & m9orities4