[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 187 (Thursday, November 21, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H9155]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          LATINA EQUAL PAY DAY

  (Ms. GARCIA of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Madam Speaker, yesterday, we observed Latina 
Equal Pay Day. Latinas across the country made our voices heard, 
demanding an end to the gender pay gap that affects Latinas the most.
  We Latinas are ``luchadoras''--fighters. Yet, on average, Latinas 
make 53 cents to the dollar earned by White, non-Hispanic men. We are 
talking about our ``madres, our abuelitas, our hijas, y tias''--
mothers, grandmothers, daughters, and aunts.
  Hardworking Latinas deserve better. We should not have to work 23 
months to make what White, non-Hispanic men make in 12 months.
  We must level the playing field. It is not only the right thing to 
do, but America works best when women are empowered and treated 
equally.
  I won't stop fighting until Latinas and all women receive equal pay 
for equal work.

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