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On the recordMarch 27, 2019
Madam Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to inform my colleague from Texas that the women in Texas make $0.72 to their male counterparts. I think Texas women deserve to have equal pay. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Cicilline).
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Norma Torres
Democratic · California

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