[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 4 (Friday, January 9, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E62]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF WOMEN AND WORKPLACE POLICY

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                          HON. JOHN D. DINGELL

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, January 9, 2009

  Mr. DINGELL. Madam Speaker, today, Representative Carolyn Maloney and 
I are reintroducing our bill to establish a Center for the Study of 
Women and Workplace Policy. The Center would compile and analyze data 
on the differences between the earning of men and women and to identify 
factors which affect those differences. The Center would also publish 
their results in the form of a ``Best Practices Guide'' for businesses 
containing guidelines to promote workplace equity, retaining women in 
the workplace and promoting a family friendly workplace.
  I'm sorry to say that my home state of Michigan has one of the 
largest earning gaps between college educated men and college educated 
women. College-educated women in Michigan earn just 70 percent of what 
college-educated men earn, making the state 47th in the Nation in terms 
of pay equity--that according to the American Association of University 
Women. I know that Michigan is home to some of the most talented, 
skilled women on that planet. It is time that they get paid in a way 
that reflects those abilities. The establishment of such a center and 
the publication of its research findings will go a long way toward 
closing the pay gap in Michigan and throughout our Nation.

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