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Barack Obama: Change is the first legislation that I signed into law, the Lilly Ledbetter Act that has a very simple principle: Women…

On the recordApril 4, 2012
Change is the first legislation that I signed into law, the Lilly Ledbetter Act that has a very simple principle: Women should get paid an equal day's pay for an equal day's work.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at an Obama Victory Fund 2012 Fundraiser

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