[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 4930-4931]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                          WOMEN AND THE BUDGET

  (Mrs. JONES of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. JONES of Ohio. Madam Speaker, I rise to address the House about 
how the Republicans' fiscal year 2007 budget resolution will create 
serious problems for women and children.
  The budget resolution put forth by the Republicans, which we will 
vote on tomorrow, undercuts and undervalues women's contributions to 
the American labor force.
  The wage gap among women and men continues today. Women earn on 
average 76 cents to every dollar that a man earns.

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  The Republican budget resolution eliminates the Women in 
Apprenticeships and Nontraditional Occupations Act. This program, which 
only costs $1 million per year, provides grants to employers to help 
recruit, train and retain women in nontraditional, well-paying jobs.
  The budget also cuts funding for the Women's Bureau in the Department 
of Labor, the only Federal agency with primary responsibility for 
serving and promoting interests of working women.
  I urge my colleagues to defeat the Republican budget resolution.

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