On the recordApril 9, 2014
we just lost the vote today on a cloture vote to proceed to the Paycheck Fairness Act, but I want everyone to know--everyone in the Senate and everyone in the United States of America--although we lost the vote, we refuse to lose the battle. We are going to continue the fight. We are going to continue the fight to get equal pay for equal work, to lift the veil of secrecy on pay in the workplace, to end the retaliation if you fight for your rights, and to close loopholes that are mean or meaningless. We have been here before. I remember when we had the first vote on the Lilly Ledbetter bill. We lost that vote, but we pressed on. Women all over America expressed their frustration and their outrage. In 2009 we were able to right that wrong and pass the Lilly Ledbetter bill and open the courthouse doors. So here we are again. We are ready to continue that fight. We are ready to turn our biggest noes into our biggest yeses. We will continue the war against the wage gap and wage discrimination against women. Women of America, I say to you, join us in this fight. Make your voices heard if you want to change the Federal lawbooks so we can make a change in your family checkbook. We are going to finish what we started with Lilly Ledbetter and bring the Paycheck Fairness Act back to the floor. When Senator Reid voted no, it was so that he could bring up another vote on the motion to proceed.…
