Barack Obama

The National Equal Pay Task Force, which I created to improve enforcement of equal pay laws, identified this lack of data as a barrier to closing the persistent pay gap for women and minorities.

This should not be a hard proposition.

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A woman has got to work about 3 more months in order to get what a man got, because she's paid less.

Equal pay for equal work.

She understands that small businesses are the lifeblood of our economy.

As a country, we've got to do everything we can to make sure that every single young person here can have that 'aha' moment.

The time has passed for us to recognize that what determines success should not be our gender, but rather our talent, our drive, and the strength of our contributions.

America will have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world by 2020.

Most of all, I'm proud of the students.

We want to create new jobs; we want to make sure that people have the skills to fill those jobs.

Let's remove this needless drag on our economy and focus on expanding opportunity for all Americans.

Our economy is growing and our businesses have created almost 9 million new jobs.

Education that engages you; we want an education that equips you with the rigorous and relevant skills for college and for a career.

Ensuring that women earn equal pay for equal work is essential to improving the economic security of our families and the growth of our middle class and our economy.

Women make up nearly half of our Nation's workforce and are primary breadwinners in 4 in 10 American households with children under age 18.

Too few of America's students are meaningfully engaged in their academic experience while in high school.

I urge House Republicans to stop blocking a bipartisan compromise that would stem this tide.

We've got to start at the youngest ages by making sure we've got high-quality preschool and other early learning programs for every young child in America.

I remain committed to eliminating the disability claims backlog in 2015.

Today, women still make only 77 cents to every man's dollar, and the pay gap is even wider for women of color.

We must use all of America's talent to its fullest potential—because when women succeed, America succeeds.

I was absolutely confident that she was going to do a terrific job.

We must ensure that all students graduate from high school ready for college and careers.

Let's do more to help the entrepreneurs and small business owners who create most new jobs in America.