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On the recordApril 8, 2014
I rise today to speak on paycheck fairness, the bill we will be voting on tomorrow in the Senate. During the next hour 11 Democratic women will be coming to the floor to speak. I am not going to introduce each one. We want to get right to the issue. Rather than talking flowery talk about each other, we want to talk about the need for paycheck fairness. I ask unanimous consent that each Senator be permitted to speak for up to 5 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
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Barbara Mikulski
Democratic · Maryland
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Apr 8, 2014

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