Rosa DeLauro: “Put simply, the Paycheck Fairness Act is a modest, common-sense reform that closes numerous longstanding loopholes in…”

This bill is a clear improvement over the House Republican continuing resolution.

Not only is freezing the money in this proposal illegal, but the administration has also clearly been unlawfully impounding funds all year just to get to this point.

This secretive attempt to siphon research funds away from NIH is outrageous. The interagency agreement needs to be terminated immediately.

These funds were provided for lifesaving medical research, not as extra money for the Department of Defense.