Congressman Joe Kennedy III led the rejection of the Trump Administration’s proposed rule to eliminate nondiscrimination provisions for organizations that receive grant funding from the Department of Health and Human Services. 

Joined by co-chairs of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, Kennedy demanded that the proposed rule be immediately withdrawn.

“Over and over again, this Administration has attempted to steal the humanity and degrade the dignity of LGBTQ+ Americans,” Kennedy claimed. 

“We cannot allow them to give license to taxpayer funded discrimination,” he continued. “If this rule is enacted, it will threaten the health and housing of millions of our neighbors. It must be withdrawn and rejected immediately.”

Kennedy’s letter was signed by Representatives David Cicilline, Sean Patrick Maloney, Mark Pocan, Mark Takano, Angie Craig, Sharice Davids and Chris Pappas.