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On the recordApril 8, 2014
Mr. Speaker, I rise today, again, to support equal pay for equal work. Republicans and Democrats share the conviction that no one should lose wages on account of one's sex. As is so often the case in this politically polarized city, though, the broad agreement on the goal does not extend to the methods we should use to get there. Under the guise of equal pay, our Democrat colleagues would have us pass more rules, institute more red tape, and create more grounds for lawyers to drag businessowners into court. Perhaps there is a certain logic to this ``regulate everything'' approach. After all, as The New York Times reported today, the President hasn't even been able to equalize pay between men and women in his own White House. However, this President's ongoing regulatory blitzkrieg has helped to equalize the wages of 6.7 percent of the population--the unemployed. ____________________
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Virginia Foxx
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