05/06/2013
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"I hope that every committee member here today can agree that Congress must act now in a bipartisan manner to provide all pregnant workers access to workplace gender equity, healthy pregnancies, financ..."
"This bill takes an important step to guarantee that pregnant women will get reasonable accommodations that will allow them to stay in the workplace."
"It is also important to note that women of color are overrepresented in low-wage, physically demanding jobs and are therefore disproportionately affected by a lack of access to reasonable accommodatio..."
"But when pregnant workers do not have access to the reasonable workplace accommodations they need, they are forced to choose between their financial security and their pregnancy."