the Paycheck Fairness Act, which has been passed twice by this House, again on a strong bipartisan basis, should be brought up for immediate consideration.

And again, hopefully this is the beginning of a dialogue between our subcommittee and your commission to, again, find ways to get better information out about the work that your commission does.

Sequester has been in full swing since March 1. Can you talk about how you are handling it in terms of staffing?

I want to thank you for calling today's hearing to put the spotlight on the important work of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

I think my time is expired so I will yield back, but thank you for that important perspective.

we can still turn off sequester. I mean, that is still in our power as Congress.

Thank you, Chairman Walberg. And again, I want to thank you for holding this hearing--again, the first time EEOC has been invited over here in this Congress or the prior Congress.

Every worker in this country, whether a job applicant or an employee, deserves the right to be treated fairly in the workplace.

The work of the EEOC is critical, particularly when we look to the challenges facing the unemployed in our nation.

I am proud that during the Democratic-led 110th and 111th Congress, under the leadership of Speaker Pelosi, we made critical improvements to our nation's civil rights laws.

I urge both chairmen--and I see Mr. Kline here today--to work with Representatives Polis and Ros-Lehtinen to build bipartisan sponsors in the House.

any lawyer who tells you they have won every case is a lawyer that has never tried a case.

Again, we have bipartisan legislation, which has been introduced by Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen and--and Representative Polis, the Employment Nondiscrimination Act, which again, I am hoping our committee will take up sometime during this…

Congress has a responsibility to the nation's workers to ensure that should they become a victim of workplace discrimination, that they have a place to seek justice.

I would also urge both chairmen to work with us on the Protecting Older Americans Against Discrimination Act.

The Employment Nondiscrimination Act, which I am proud to cosponsor, would prohibit discrimination in the workplace because of someone's sexual orientation or gender identity.

I urge Chairman Walberg and Chairman Kline to work with Representatives Polis and Ros-Lehtinen, the bill's bipartisan sponsors, to bring this long overdue legislation back before the Committee for its immediate consideration.

The aging of Boomers, combined with a 25-year trend of Americans working longer and retiring later, means that our nation's workforce is getting older.

Last week, the Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, announced that the furloughs of civilian DOD employees will be 11 days for the balance of this fiscal year. This decision, driven by sequestration, is damaging and degrading the military…

I just wish we could take an issue or two issues and just figure it out.

3-and 4-year-olds didn't cause the structural deficit that we are in right now and they shouldn't bear the burden.

This is something I really think, you know, resonates with the public when they see that kind of damage that is being done.

The Commission serves a vital function in ensuring workplaces free from unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, and disability.

Lies, damned lies, and statistics.

If kids don't feel safe in schools the CDC numbers on mental illness with young children that came out a few--a couple days ago, I mean, this has got to be a focus.