[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 57 (Tuesday, April 10, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E428]
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                             EQUAL PAY DAY

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                           HON. JOYCE BEATTY

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 10, 2018

  Mrs. BEATTY. Mr. Speaker, this Equal Pay Day, I rise to call for the 
closing of the gender pay gap.
  Last year, women earned a meager 80 cents for every dollar earned by 
a man.
  That's a $10,000 difference in paychecks or another 100 days of work 
to earn what men earned just last year.
  That's shameful.
  Even more shameful: for women of color, the pay gap is even wider: 63 
cents on the dollar for Black women; and 54 cents for Latinas.
  In my own district, the gender pay gap stands at 89 cents.
  While that is better than most, we cannot rest until women in Central 
Ohio and across the country are paid dollar-for-dollar.
  Congress can help make pay equity a reality by passing the Paycheck 
Fairness Act, which would make it harder for pay discrimination to 
infect the workplace.
  Because, when women are given a level playing field, companies 
benefit, families prosper, communities grow, and our economy is 
stronger.
  Yes, when women succeed, America succeeds.