,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #fac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,october #a1 #bjai  
,mr4 ,quigley 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,hill  
of ,california1 ,mr4 ,beyer1 ,mr4 ,sean 
,patrick ,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,ms4   
,velzquez1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,mr4 ,evans1
 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,mr4 ,lujn1 ,mr4 ,larsen 
of ,washington1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,mr4   
,kildee1 ,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 ,ms4   
,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1 ,ms4        
,wasserman ,schultz1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1   
,mr4 ,khanna1 ,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,ms4         
,haaland1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1   
,ms4 ,pressley1 ,mr4 ,pappas1 ,mr4      
,pascrell1 ,mr4 ,swalwell of            
,california1 ,mr4 ,veasey1 ,mr4 ,green  
of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,moulton1 ,ms4 ,escobar1
 ,mr4 ,higgins of ,new ,york1 ,mr4      
,pallone1 ,ms4 ,speier1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 
,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4 ,roybal-,allard1 ,mr4
 ,mc,eachin1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,ms4     
,scanlon1 and ,mrs4 ,lawrence7 submitted
 the following resolution2 which was    
referred to the ,committee on ,financial

 ,services  ,,resolution  ,condemning   
,secretary ,ben ,carson's bigoted       
comments regarding transgender people   
and decrying the ,department of ,housing
 and ,urban ,development's continued    
effort1 under ,secretary ,carson's      
leadership1 to single out and           
discriminate against ,,lgbtq            
individuals4  ,whereas the ,department  
of ,housing and ,urban ,development     
7,,hud7 is responsible for safeguarding 
and serving the most vulnerable among   
us2 ,whereas the ,secretary of ,,hud1   
,benjamin ,s4 ,carson1 ,sr41 made       
statements to ,,hud employees in ,san   
,francisco regarding transgender people2
 ,whereas in those statements1          
,secretary ,carson referred to          
transgender women as big1 hairy men and 
accused them of pretending to be women  
to access women's shelters2 ,whereas    
those statements are incredibly         
disrespectful and reflect bigoted1      
outdated thinking that is both offensive
 and counterproductive to the mission of

 the agency2 ,whereas the ,washington   
,post has reported that ,secretary      
,carson has repeatedly mocked           
transgender people in internal meetings 
in ,washington2 ,whereas it is the      
responsibility of the ,secretary of     
,,hud1 an agency with more than #h1jjj  
employees1 to ensure a welcoming work   
environment that fosters productivity on
 behalf of the ,american people2        
,whereas the ,secretary's comments and  
cavalier attitude toward those that     
,,hud is supposed to help has created a 
divisive and demoralizing atmosphere    
which does not best serve the ,american 
people2 ,whereas a ,,hud employee was   
reportedly applauded as she walked out  
in protest from ,secretary ,carson's    
remarks2 ,whereas these most recent     
comments are not the first actions that 
,secretary ,carson has taken that show a
 basic disrespect toward ,,lgbtq people2
 ,whereas1 in #bjae1 then-,presidential 
candidate ,carson said1 ,i do not       
appreciate using our military as a      

laboratory for social experimentation4  
,the last thing we need to be doing is  
saying1 ,what would it be like if we    
introduced several transgender people   
into this platoon8 ,give me a break4    
,deal with the transgender thing        
somewhere else42 ,whereas1 in #bjaf1    
then-,presidential candidate ,carson    
said1 ,boys who say1 ,i feel like a girl
 today1 ,i want to go into the girl's   
lavatory--that is such a bunch of       
garbage4 ,if we continue to cater to    
that1 where will it lead8 ,where will it
 lead us to be8 ,i mean1 it's beyond    
ridiculous that you take the most       
abnormal situation and then you make    
everyone else conform to it ''' when we 
start trying to impose the extra rights 
based on a few people who perhaps are   
abnormal1 where does that lead82        
,whereas1 in #bjag1 ,,hud removed       
resource documents designed to help     
emergency homeless shelters and other   
housing providers comply with ,,hud     
nondiscrimination policies regarding    

,,lgbt service recipients2 ,whereas     
despite repeated interactions with      
,congress1 both in hearings and         
otherwise1 ,,hud left this guidance in  
limbo for nearly two years before       
finally announcing1 with flimsy         
justification1 it would not repost or   
replace it at all2 ,whereas1 in ,may of 
#bjai1 ,secretary ,carson testified in  
front of the ,financial ,services       
,committee of the ,house of             
,representatives that ,,hud had no      
intention of eliminating the crucial    
,equal ,access ,rule one day before     
,,hud proposed a new rule that would    
essentially gut it2 and ,whereas        
,secretary ,carson seems committed to   
ensuring that ,,lgbt individuals are    
unable to exercise even the basic rights
 afforded to all ,americans3 ,now1      
therefore1 be it  ,that the ,house of   
,representatives-- 7#a7 believes that   
every ,american1 regardless of religion1
 race1 gender identity sexual           
orientation1 or any other               

classification1 deserves access to safe 
and secure shelter2  7#b7 questions the 
ability and commitment of ,secretary    
,carson to effectively lead the         
,department of ,housing and ,urban      
,development and its thousands of       
dedicated employees2 and  7#c7 strongly 
condemns ,secretary ,carson's bigoted   
comments regarding transgender people   
and decries ,,hud's continued effort1   
under ,secretary ,carson's leadership1  
to single out and discriminate against  
,,lgbtq individuals4