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Love and Justice for All

Floor Speech

Date: Dec. 12, 2022
Location: Washington, DC

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Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize how important the recent passage of the Respect for Marriage Act is for America.

Earlier this year, the Supreme Court's mega-Republican appointed Justices shocked the world with their Dobbs decision.

House Democrats knew that the same reasoning these Republican- appointed judges used in their attack on women's abortion rights could be used on the LGBTQ+ community's right to marry whom they chose. So we decided to be proactive, to put people over politics, to put love over hate.

Last week, we passed the Respect for Marriage Act to protect the LGBTQ+ community's right to marry whomever they love.

As a member of the Equality Caucus, I am incredibly proud to have supported the Respect for Marriage Act, which will be signed tomorrow by the President, because in our country, when we say the pledge and we say, ``justice for all,'' it means for all. It means freedom for all. It means protecting our rights for all.

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