Political Quotes

“people at home cannot see it, but every desk here on the Senate floor has a name on it. Mine says ``Mr. Reid.'' Right behind me is one that says ``Mrs. Murray.'' To my right is one that says ``Mr. McConnell.'' Why do I mention this? Today is National Equal Pay Day, a day that symbolizes how far into 2015 American women must work to earn what their male counterparts earned in 2014. That day is today. Women basically worked for nothing until today. This pay disparity between men and women doing the same work is known as the wage gap. Unlike the desks here in the Chamber, the wage gap does not bear a visible stamp of ownership, but make no mistake--Republicans in Congress absolutely own the wage gap. Their names are all over it. The Republicans' refusal to address income disparities makes them responsible for the additional 3 months and 14 days that American women work to earn what their male counterparts earn doing the exact same work at the exact same time. Who are these working American women who are being forced to work for months just to catch up on wages? They are our daughters, our wives, our granddaughters, and our neighbors. Republicans' repeated filibusters of equal pay legislation makes them responsible for working women in our families having to make due on 78 cents for every dollar their male counterparts make. Democrats have tried repeatedly to pass Senator Mikulski's Paycheck Fairness Act, which would take away the disparity.…”