On the recordMay 31, 2012
It's absolutely appalling that in the year 2012 women still make 77 cents for every dollar earned by their male peers. This isn't just an issue of fundamental fairness. With so many women heading households and being the primary breadwinner, it's a matter of economic security for American families. These women face the same financial pressures as any other American. They certainly don't get a 23 percent discount on their rent or mortgage payment, on the groceries they buy or on the children's shoes they have to replace. We must pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, which the Senate plans to vote on next week and the House passed in the last Congress. I ask my Republican friends, Mr. Speaker, why the Republicans aren't making this a priority instead of today we're voting on a divisive abortion bill that criminalizes a woman's most private health care decisions. Women do not need yet another attack on their reproductive rights. What they need is economic justice. When will the majority get it? ____________________
