Janice Schakowsky: “No. Why don't we just turn our attention to that sign. Ending the gender pay gap, which actually is 77 cents to the…”

“No. Why don't we just turn our attention to that sign. Ending the gender pay gap, which actually is 77 cents to the dollar that men earn; paid sick leave; permanent child tax credit; improve diagnosis and care for Alzheimer's patients; and on and on. But we have been bolstered by an incredible new effort that has turned into a remarkable book called: ``The Shriver Report.'' It is a co-effort, and it is a study by Maria Shriver and the Center for American Progress called: ``A Woman's Nation Pushes Back from the Brink.'' The idea here is to give a voice to women. It has got all the facts and figures one would want; but it also has the stories, the actual voice of women who feel so pressured by this economy, but also feel that their voices aren't being heard. It is a really important book. I wanted to read on the back there are kind of some of these ``wow'' facts that are there that everyone should keep in mind about the status of women in our economy: One in three women in America is living in poverty or teetering on its brink. That's 42 million women plus the 28 million children who depend on them. The second bullet: The American family has changed. Today, only one in five families has a homemaker mom and working dad. Two out of three families depend on the wages of working moms who are struggling to balance caregiving and breadwinning. Three: The average woman continues to be paid 77 cents for every dollar the average man earns.…”