Political Quotes

“I include in the Record a letter from the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers in support of this legislation. International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers, AFL-CIO & CLC, Washington, DC, March 26, 2019. Dear Representative, On behalf of the 90,000 members represented by the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE), we are writing in support of H.R. 7, the Paycheck Fairness Act. Sponsored by Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, this legislation will amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of gender-based discrimination in the payment of wages. With a floor vote scheduled this week, IFPTE urges you to vote for H.R. 7. Today, women earn 80 cents to every one dollar earned by their male counterparts. It is even worse for African- American women, who earn only 61 cents on the dollar compared to white non-Hispanic men, while Hispanic and Latina women earn only 53 cents on the dollar compared to white non-Hispanic men. While these glaring differences should be unacceptable in any day and age, the impact is even greater today with poverty rates among women recently reaching their highest peak in nearly two decades. The problem of unequal pay for equal work spans every sector and all educational levels. According to a 2017 Department of Professional Employees (DPE, AFL-CIO) fact sheet, Professional Women: A Gendered Look at Inequality in the U.S.…”