Part of what we hope to do is to make sure that we both create a new floor for Social Security, so that especially women who, because they are the primary caregivers, and today with 74 percent of them in the workforce find themselves--because they were earning $.80 for every dollar their male counterparts were, and because they spent less time because they were the caregivers, find themselves in poverty.
John Larson discusses the need for Social Security reforms to support women, who face economic disparities.
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