I rise today to urge Congress to pass legislation that will guarantee equal pay for equal work for women. Equal pay for equal work should not even be a question in the year 2002. Yet women earn only 73 percent of wages earned by men for doing the same work with the same qualifications. For African American women, it is only 64 cents on a dollar; and for Hispanic women, 52 cents for every dollar earned by men. The time for pay equity is now. Let us do the right thing: pass equal pay for women.
Danny Davis: “I rise today to urge Congress to pass legislation that will guarantee equal pay for equal work for women. Equal pay for…”
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Advocating for legislation to ensure equal pay for women during a congressional session.
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