H.Res. 613: Condemning Secretary Ben Carson's bigoted comments regarding transgender people and decrying the Department of Housing and Urban Development's continued effort, under Secretary Carson's leadership, to single out and discriminate against LGBTQ individuals.

H.Res. 613: Condemning Secretary Ben Carson's bigoted comments regarding transgender people and decrying the Department of Housing and Urban Development's continued effort, under Secretary Carson's leadership, to single out and discriminate against LGBTQ individuals.

116th Congress · introduced 2019-10-01 · Housing and Community Development · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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Who proposed it: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] · what a sponsor is
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Condemning Secretary Ben Carson's bigoted comments regarding transgender people and decrying the Department of Housing and Urban Development's continued effort, under Secretary Carson's leadership, to single out and discriminate against LGBTQ individuals.

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This resolution condemns certain comments by Secretary Ben Carson regarding transgender people and decries the Department of Housing and Urban Development's continued effort, under his leadership, to single out and discriminate against LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) individuals.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Condemning Secretary Ben Carson's bigoted comments regarding transgender people and decrying the Department of Housing and Urban Development's continued effort, under Secretary Carson's leadership, to single out and discriminate against LGBTQ individuals.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] · 41 cosponsors

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Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Veronica Escobar (D-TX), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Judy Chu (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] reported raising $998,074 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hres613.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hres>

Record fed-us-cong116-hres613 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116