Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) voted for H.R. 963, the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act of 2022, to prohibit the enforcement of mandatory, pre-dispute arbitration provisions in contracts involving consumer, employment, antitrust, and civil rights disputes.  Congresswoman Fletcher is an original cosponsor of this legislation. 

Before the vote, Congresswoman Fletcher spoke on the floor and urged her colleagues to support it.  The bill passed 222-209.  To view Congresswoman Fletcher’s floor speech on the bill, click here. 

“For millions of consumers and employees, obtaining a basic service or product like a bank account, a cell phone, or obtaining a job includes an agreement to resolve any and all disputes through arbitration often buried in lengthy, boilerplate contract language and paperwork without meaningful disclosure,” said Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher.  “No one should have to give up their access to the courts before a dispute has arisen.  I was glad to cosponsor and vote for the FAIR Act today to protect the freedom to contract, the freedom of choice, and the freedom to a trial by jury guaranteed in the Seventh Amendment of our Constitution.” 

Congresswoman Fletcher was also an original cosponsor of the FAIR Act in the 116th Congress.