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Barack Obama: “Change is the first bill I signed into law, a law that says you get an equal day's work--somebody who puts in an equal…”

On the recordNovember 29, 2011
Change is the first bill I signed into law, a law that says you get an equal day's work--somebody who puts in an equal day's work should get equal day's pay, because our daughters should be treated just like our sons and have the same opportunities.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Remarks at an Obama Victory Fund 2012 Fundraiser in New York City

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