Political Quotes

“I oppose the Isakson amendment because it would create an arbitrary and unfair cutoff for who gets the benefit of this fair pay bill. The Isakson amendment No. 37 would limit application of the bill to only claims that arise out of discrimination that takes place after the bill passes. There is no principled reason for applying the bill only to future cases. The point of this bill is to correct a terrible wrong done to victims of pay discrimination. We should be seeking justice for as many people as possible. Applying this bill to pending cases would not be an unfair surprise for employers. This bill restores the law to where it was the day before the Supreme Court decided the Ledbetter case. There is nothing new in this bill. If this amendment passes, it would create a 20-month gap in the law. Let me repeat: If the Isakson amendment passes, it would create a 20-month gap in the law. Those workers who were unfortunate enough to have been discriminated against during that 20-month period would be treated worse than those who came before them and those who came after them. That is arbitrary, and it is unfair. As we work on this wage discrimination bill, we cannot fix only part of the problem. We have not come this far to leave some victims out in the cold. Yet that is what I am concerned the Isakson amendment would do.”