[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 65 (Thursday, April 15, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H1798]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    SUPPORTING WOMEN WITH EQUAL PAY

  (Mr. KAHELE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KAHELE. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in support of all women across 
the Nation, to ensure they will be paid fairly based on their work 
performance, not their gender.
  Mr. Speaker, I am blessed with three young daughters. My oldest 
daughter, `Ale'aokalani, who, as we speak, is studying at Juan Diego 
High School in Draper, Utah, is preparing to embark on her own journey 
as a grown woman. She is smart, talented, and, most of all, a hard 
worker.
  But right now, in our country, she and my two younger daughters are 
faced with insurmountable odds that no amount of hard work or diligence 
can overcome. As Native Hawaiian women, they are estimated to only make 
63 cents to every dollar that their White male peers would make working 
the exact same job.
  The Paycheck Fairness Act guarantees they will no longer have to 
fight for the same rights and paychecks as men.
  Mr. Speaker, equal pay for equal work, it is as simple as that.

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