{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://hayes.house.gov/press-releases?ID=375AF089-69B0-4320-B847-FAEA08896873", "Hayes Votes to Pass Protections for Older Job Applicants", "2021-11-04", "2021", "2021-11", "Democrat", "House", "CT", "Jahana Hayes", "H001081", "hayes.house.gov", "hayes", "https://hayes.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05), releases a statement on the passage of the Protect Older Job Applicants Act of 2021 (H.R. 3992), a bill to address discrimination against older job applicants under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA).\n\n\u201cEvery person deserves a chance to work without the worry of discrimination,\u201d said Congresswoman Hayes. \u201cIn Connecticut, the percentage of workers over 54 years old rose from 20 percent in 2008 to 27 percent in 2019, making it the sixth state with the largest aging worker population in the United States. I supported the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act of 2021 because providing older workers with a chance to enter and stay in the workforce is important for the growth of our communities and economy.\"\n\nThe Protect Older Job Applicants Act:\n\nWill amend the ADEA disparate impact statute to ensure that the ADEA protects older job applicants\n\nClarifies that older \u201capplicants for employment\u201d are also protected from age discrimination under federal law\n\nDirectly restores protections for older job applicants in the 7th and 11th Circuits by reversing Villarreal and Kleber, as well as prevent other circuits from adopting similar interpretations of the ADEA\n\nStrengthens the EEOC\u2019s interpretation that the ADEA covers job applicants and aligns ADEA protections for job applicants with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964\n\nAARP testified before the Education and Labor Committee urging Congress to remedy the loophole created by the Court of Appeals\u2019 decisions that exclude job applicants under ADEA\n\nThe bill text can be found here.\n\n###\n\nCongresswoman Jahana Hayes sits on the Committees on Education & Labor and Agriculture and proudly represents Connecticut\u2019s 5th District. She was a public school teacher in Connecticut for more than 15 years and was recognized in 2016 as the National Teacher of the Year.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:30:49Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://hayes.house.gov/press-releases?ID=375AF089-69B0-4320-B847-FAEA08896873"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.1814722567796707, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}