It is, frankly, a little embarrassing that we have to be here today talking about the wage gap between men and women.
There was a concerted effort to just virtually eliminate the EEOC, if they could, by strangling it financially and starving it.
I want to thank Mike Enzi. I couldn't agree more. We need to get our economy back on its feet again.
The fact that people are prohibited from talking about their wages in many cases stifles the conversation.
Using any factor other than sex, we found to be a rather large loophole.
I would say that the remedies need to be strengthened certainly in the Equal Pay Act, and title VII is no panacea either.
The Paycheck Fairness Act will not prohibit businesses from taking into consideration market factors.
The better approach is to look at how the wage scale is dealt with for this job.
If you take some of the proposals that I supported when I was here that Mike Enzi has talked about in terms of these workforce issues, combi...
As Senator Dodd pointed out, the military is a business with clear pay equity policies.
Oh, it is huge.