Kaiali'i Kahele said "Today I rise in support of all women across the Nation, to ensure they will be paid fairly based on their work performance, not their gender. Mr. Speaker, I am blessed with three young daughters. My oldest daughter, `Ale'aokalani, who, as we speak, is studying at Juan Diego High School in Draper, Utah, is preparing to embark on her own journey as a grown woman. She is smart, talented, and, most of all, a hard worker. But right now, in our country, she and my two younger daughters are faced with insurmountable odds that no amount of hard work or diligence can overcome. As Native Hawaiian women, they are estimated to only make 63 cents to every dollar that their White male peers would make working the exact same job. The Paycheck Fairness Act guarantees they will no longer have to fight for the same rights and paychecks as men. Mr. Speaker, equal pay for equal work, it is as simple as that. ___________________

On the recordApril 15, 2021

Today I rise in support of all women across the Nation, to ensure they will be paid fairly based on their work performance, not their gender. Mr. Speaker, I am blessed with three young daughters. My oldest daughter, `Ale'aokalani, who, as we speak, is studying at Juan Diego High School in Draper, Utah, is preparing to embark on her own journey as a grown woman. She is smart, talented, and, most of all, a hard worker. But right now, in our country, she and my two younger daughters are faced with insurmountable odds that no amount of hard work or diligence can overcome. As Native Hawaiian women, they are estimated to only make 63 cents to every dollar that their White male peers would make working the exact same job. The Paycheck Fairness Act guarantees they will no longer have to fight for the same rights and paychecks as men. Mr. Speaker, equal pay for equal work, it is as simple as that. ____________________

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Kaiali'i Kahele

Democratic · Hawaii

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