The issue is, because of the gender wage gap the likelihood that the female applicant's salary history will show a history of much lower earnings than the male applicant is simply why requesting previous salary histories has a disparate…

I believe that by working together with athletes, coaches, athletic directors, and other involved parties, we can develop NIL legislation that benefits athletes and universities.

This disparity will cause long-term damage and have consequences beyond our economy, spilling into housing, instability, food insecurity, and the well-being of our children.

I was deeply disappointed that our colleagues on the other side were unwilling to even have a real debate about this, about the wage gap and the Paycheck Fairness Act.

I am proud that we are elevating the health, professional, and academic needs of America's college athletes in the discussion regarding Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) legislation.

We should ask what these numbers look like for women. And are these jobs providing equitable and liveable wages for women.

So being underpaid rather than skill and experience becomes a basis for being underpaid, and underpaid in the past, underpaid in the future.

A Bureau of Labor statistics study found that working women, particularly women of color, have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Congress could design NIL legislation that would require colleges to offer student-athletes training and other valuable resources that advance their education and health.

It is important that Congress address more than just NIL in any potential legislation.

We need the John Lewis Voting Rights Act because it has the powerful tool called preclearance which will protect future elections. We got to find a way to protect the assault on democracy that`s happening right now.

We got to make sure that the people have their voice and our own democracy. And unfortunately, we`re living in a moment in which there is one party that has decided that rather than adjust their message, they want to shift and distort the…