Video: Rep. Louise Slaughter reflects on 12 year old GINA
Here is Representative Louise Slaughter (D-NY) discussing the importance of GINA on the House floor yesterday:
(If you’re reading via RSS, you might need to go to my site to view the embedded video)
The bill passed in the House 420-3. If you’re curious, the 3 Nays were Representative Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Representative Ed Royce (R-CA), and Representative Ron Paul (R-TX).
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H.R. 493, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (PDF)
Full proceedings from the Congressional Record, April 25, 2007, ~20 pages (PDF)
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