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Virginia Foxx: I want to respond again to my colleague from Colorado in his saying that we have to pass a bill on pay equity to get the…

On the recordApril 11, 2013
I want to respond again to my colleague from Colorado in his saying that we have to pass a bill on pay equity to get the President to do the right thing. That just seems incomprehensible to me. I think the President should be our leader in this country and should practice what he preaches, and so should our colleagues across the aisle. I think that the White House could show itself as a model for the rest of the country by paying the women in the White House the same as the men are being paid. I find it interesting that our colleagues have simply ignored what is happening in the White House and call for a bill to be passed to make the President do what is the right thing. In the past, our country and the people in our country have looked to our President to be a role model for us. With that, Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time, and I would ask the gentleman if he is ready to close.
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Virginia Foxx
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Apr 11, 2013

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