"SNAP is a vital part of the solution to many of those issues."
"Congress should introduce and pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, a commonsense solution that would help employees to uncover and challenge pay discrimination."
"The SNAP program is very important to those in the 12th District of North Carolina."
"Letter dated February 16, 2017, from National Women's Law Center"
"Women make up half of the country's workforce, yet the Census Bureau reported that the gender wage gap between full-time year-round working men and women, women make only 80 percent of the median wage..."
"I am a proud co-chair of the bipartisan HBCU Caucus, and I am still committed to raising the profile of 1890s and the Historically Black Colleges and Universities as institutions that not only promote..."
"I believe that having this funding support allows us to leverage in a way that all students, all Americans benefit."
"I want to say, again, what a proud honor it is for me to be a graduate of North Carolina A&T, an 1890 school, and to support the legislation."
"W.E.B. Du Bois said a long time ago that the most fundamental right is a right to education."
"When we talk about what we are talking about today, we are talking about equal opportunity."
"I am just pleased to be a proud sponsor, a cosponsor as well."