By Madison Reporter Report |
May 1, 2023
On April, U.S. Representatives Mark Pocan (WI-02), Pete Sessions (TX-17), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC), and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05) reintroduced the Words Matter Act, bipartisan legislation that updates the U.S. Code by removing the more than two dozen instances of “mentally retarded” from federal law, replacing the outdated language with terminology befitting both the 21st Century and human dignity