[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 14660-14661]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         PAYCHECK FAIRNESS ACT

  (Mr. HARE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. HARE. Mr. Speaker, according to the National Committee on Pay 
Equity, working women stand to lose $250,000 over the course of their 
careers because of unequal pay practices. While women's wages and 
educational achievements have been rising, there's still a sizeable 
gender wage gap. This is a national disgrace.
  Unfortunately, last week's Supreme Court decision, Ledbetter v. 
Goodyear, does little to achieve fairness for American workers. In a 
narrow 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court threw out the case, not just 
because she wasn't being discriminated against but because she filed 
her claim too late.
  This interpretation, which has been rejected by eight Federal appeals 
courts and the EEOC, fails to realize that employees are discriminated 
against every time they receive a discriminatory paycheck.
  Congress needs to step in and stand up for ordinary people without 
delay. We should move quickly to pass Congresswoman DeLauro's Paycheck 
Protection Act that would provide remedies to women facing pay 
discrimination.
  Mr. Speaker, I don't want to live in an America where my daughter 
earns

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less than my son for doing the same job.

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