[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 65 (Thursday, April 15, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H1836]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            WOMEN STILL DON'T EARN EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK

  (Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ. Madam Speaker, it has been 58 years since the 
enactment of the Equal Pay Act, yet still women don't earn equal pay 
for equal work.
  In my district, women only earn 78 cents for every dollar a man 
earns. The wage gap is even wider for Latina, Black, and Native-
American women.
  This isn't simply a women's issue. This is a family issue. When women 
earn too little, their families are shortchanged, too.
  This is a civil rights issue. When employers discriminate against a 
woman, they undermine justice for everyone.
  The Paycheck Fairness Act will give women the tools we need to 
challenge sex-based pay discrimination. It will give employers the 
guidance they need to pay their employees what they deserve.
  I ask my colleagues in the Senate to step up. Let this be the year 
that we work together to pass this landmark bill and send it to the 
President for his signature.

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