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Lois Frankel: “I am too excited, Madam Speaker. This is why so many women end up in poverty. I want to just say this over and over…”

On the recordMarch 27, 2019
I am too excited, Madam Speaker. This is why so many women end up in poverty. I want to just say this over and over: women go to work for the same reason men go to work, and that is to take care of their families. Regardless of the circumstance's agenda, we deserve to be paid equally. This Paycheck Fairness Act is going to allow workers to talk openly about their pay. It is going to prohibit asking about salary histories. It is going to require bosses to prove disparities exist for discrimination. Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this bill because when women succeed, America succeeds.
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Lois Frankel
Democratic · Florida
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Mar 27, 2019

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