[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 110 (Thursday, June 24, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E691]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                            HON. GREG PENCE

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 24, 2021

  Mr. PENCE. Madam Speaker, I am not recorded for Roll Call vote No. 
180 on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 because I was unavoidably detained. Had 
I been present, I would have voted Nay on the Protecting Older Workers 
Against Discrimination Act of 2021, RC No. 180.
  The Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act would 
overturn a 2009 Supreme Court ruling on the basis that the decision 
negatively impacted age discrimination cases; however, there is no data 
to support that claim. In fact, this legislation would eliminate the 
carefully balanced standard Congress adopted when it passed the Age 
Discrimination in Employment Act and result in frivolous litigation 
against small businesses.
  Since my first day in office, l have been squarely focused on what I 
was sent here to do: represent Hoosiers of the 6th District.

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