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On May 15th, 2025, Congressman Sessions (R-TX), Congressman Pocan (D-WI), Congresswoman Holmes Norton (D-DC), and Congressman Hudson (R-NC) reintroduced the Words Matter Act (H.R. 3420). If passed, this bill would amend Federal law to remove outdated and offensive terms like "mentally retarded" and "mental retardation." These terms would then be replaced with more modern terminology, such as "intellectual disability" or "intellectually disabled." Read the letter.