02/25/2015
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"I am here this morning wearing two hats--one, the authorizing committee and one of the original co-sponsors of the paycheck fairness."
"Congress originally passed the Equal Pay Act in 1963. It was to end, and I quote, 'serious and endemic problem of unequal wages.'"
"the Paycheck Fairness Act is a modest, common-sense reform that closes numerous longstanding loopholes in the Equal Pay Act."
"Most recently at the March 11, 2010 HELP Hearing on Pay Equity, Senator Mikulski raised the critical issue of EEOC backlog and pressed for confirmation of permanent leadership."