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On the recordApril 11, 2013
I yield the gentlelady an additional 30 seconds. Ms. DeLAURO. Because it is time for us to come together and take the next steps to stop pay discrimination--by putting an end to pay secrecy, strengthening workers' ability to challenge discrimination, and bringing equal pay law into line with other civil rights laws. I urge my colleagues to defeat the previous question, support the Paycheck Fairness Act and unequal pay for good. Fifty years after the Equal Pay Act, it is finally time to give women the tools they need to ensure that they are paid what they deserve for the same day's work. What are we waiting for in this body?
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Jared Polis
Democratic · Colorado
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Apr 11, 2013

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