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House Democrats are pushing legislative proposals to task the Securities and Exchange Commission and other financial market regulators with requiring companies to disclose racial and gender pay equity audits, board director demographics and other diversity-related information.

NEW JERSEY — New Jersey Representatives Josh Gottheimer and Mikie Sherrill have renewed calls for the restoration of the State and Local Tax deduction, this time alongside two other members of Congress.

Gottheimer and Sherrill were joined by New York Rep. Tom Suozzi and Ohio Rep. Joyce Beatty, as well as President of the American Federation of Teachers Randi Weingarten and General President of the International Association of Fire Fighters Edward Kelly to tout support for SALT restoration.

Stakeholders from two of the nation's largest money managers on Thursday discussed with lawmakers the benefits of diversity and inclusion initiatives for the investment industry and the need to do more.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representatives Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5), Joyce Beatty (OH-3), Tom Suozzi (NY-3), and Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11), joined with President of the American Federation of Teachers Randi Weingarten and General President of the International Association of Fire Fighters Edward Kelly to call for restoration of the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction in the final reconciliation package — to cut taxes for teachers, firefighters, first responders, and middle-class families.

U.S. Reps. Maxine Waters (D-CA), chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, and Joyce Beatty (D-OH), chair of the Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion, released a report on diversity and inclusion at America's largest investment firms.

The report – called Diversity and Inclusion: Holding America's Largest Investment Firms Accountable – was generated by committee staffers, who gathered data from investment firms with assets over $400 billion on their diversity and inclusion data and practices.

The region's largest event designed to boost diversity and inclusion in the workplace is set to return next week.

The Fifth Third Bank Diversity Leadership Symposium will be held at the Duke Energy Convention Center 8 a.m.-noon Dec. 15. The event will feature a keynote from Congresswoman Joyce Beatty, who chairs the Congressional Black Caucus.

Five House Democratic caucus chairs, along with 36 other members of the Progressive Caucus, are calling for Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) to be stripped of her committee assignments, citing her repeated "anti-Muslim" attacks against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.).

WASHINGTON, D. C. -- A group of Ohio Congress members wants a second helping of cash for a Restaurant Revitalization Fund, part of the American Rescue Plan established to aid restaurants, food stands, bars and other food-service entities stay open amid the coronavirus pandemic.