[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 24 (Monday, February 7, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S530]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           FORCED ARBITRATION

  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, now on forced arbitration.
  On a different matter, later today, the House is expected to pass 
bipartisan legislation to end forced arbitration for sexual assault and 
sexual harassment. Once this important bill passes the House, the 
Senate will move as soon as this week to quickly take up this bill and 
send it to President Biden's desk. Congress can finally act to empower 
victims of sexual assault and sexual harassment to speak openly by 
nullifying forced arbitration clauses that push survivors into an often 
secret and biased process. We will not waste this historic opportunity.
  There are numerous good proposals that we can address here in the 
Senate on a bipartisan basis, and this is one good example. We hope to 
do more. The Senate's forced arbitration proposal, the Ending Forced 
Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021, passed 
unanimously out of the Judiciary Committee. Every Democrat and every 
Republican voted for it. I expect there will be strong, bipartisan 
support for it on the Senate floor. I want to thank my colleagues 
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Senator Lindsey Graham for their 
leadership on this important legislation.

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