[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 61 (Wednesday, April 20, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H1862]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      NEW JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE REPORT ON GENDER PAY INEQUALITY

  (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, last week I 
released a new report by the Democratic staff of the Joint Economic 
Committee about the effects of the gender pay gap on women and families 
in America. This report on gender pay inequality is the most 
comprehensive, up-to-date report on the gender pay gap.
  A typical woman working full time and year-round is paid only 79 
cents to the male dollar. This adds up to a loss of roughly $10,800 per 
year, and it compounds over a lifetime to roughly a half a million 
dollars in less pay than a man because of the pay gap.
  Over a lifetime, this jeopardizes a woman's retirement because the 
lower pay results in a lower pension, lower Social Security, lower 
savings, and contributes to the fact that women over 75 years of age 
are twice as likely as their male counterparts to live in poverty. 
Millions of women, children, families, and husbands are hurt by unequal 
pay for equal work.
  Let's finally make equal pay a reality by passing the Paycheck 
Fairness Act and finally putting women into the Constitution for 
equality.

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