S. HRG. 102-817

OVERSIGHT ON ACTIVITIES OF THE EQUAL
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION (EEOC)

HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT AND

PRODUCTIVITY

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES

UNITED STATES SENATE

ONE HUNDRED SECOND CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

EXAMINING OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES OF THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION (EEOC)

APRIL 28, 1992

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CONTENTS

STATEMENTS

TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1992

Simon, Hon. Paul, a U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois, prepared state-

ment..

Norton, Hon. Eleanor Holmes, a U.S. Representative from Washington, DC .....

Seymour, Richard T., lawyers' committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Wash-

ington, DC, and Nancy B. Kreiter, research director, Women Employed

Institution, Chicago, IL..

Prepared statements of:

Mr. Seymour, with attachments..

Ms. Kreiter, with attachments......

Kassebaum, Hon. Nancy Landon, a U.S. Senator from the State of Kansas....

Kennedy, Hon. Edward M., a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts,

prepared statement....

Kemp, Hon. Evan J., chairman, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,

accompanied by Robert Funk, Chief of Staff, Thomas Rogers, legal counsel,

James Troy, director of program operations, Donald Livingston, general

counsel, Dolores Rozzi, director, Federal operations, and Kassie Billingsley...

Prepared statement of:

Kemp, Evan J.........

Gonzales, Claire, senior civil rights policy analyst, National Council of La

Raza, Washington, DC, and Janette Johnson, National Employment Law-

yers' Association, Dallas, TX

Prepared statements of:

Ms. Gonzales.

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Ms. Johnson.

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Watkins, Edward A., president, National Council of EEOC Locals 216, Ameri-

can Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, accompanied by Levi

Morrow, president, Dallas Local, and Michael Davidson, investigator, EEOC

Chicago district office, Chicago, IL.

Prepared statements of:

Letter to Marva M. Borders, Employee Relations Specialist, Tandy Corpo-
ration/Radio Shack, from Jean V. Lowell, civil rights investigator.

Response to Janine Sutphen from Charles L. Looney, area director for

Tandy Corporation/Radio Shack...

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Letter to Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton from Senator Paul

Simon....

386

Response to Senator Paul Simon from Representative Eleanor Holmes

Norton....

386

Letter to Honorable Evan Kemp, chairman, Equal Employment Opportu-

nity Commission, from Senator Simon, Chairman, Subcommittee on

Employment and Productivity.

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Letter to Senator Paul Simon, from Ann Colgrove, acting director of
Communications and Legislative Affairs, with attachments........