[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9884]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             EQUAL PAY DAY

  (Mrs. MALONEY of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. MALONEY of New York. Madam Speaker, today we observe Equal Pay 
Day, the day that indicates just how far into each year a woman must 
work to earn as much as a man earned in the previous year.
  Women are more highly educated and productive than ever, yet these 
gains have not yet translated into equal pay across the board. A 
Government Accountability Office study that John Dingell and I 
sponsored showed that when occupation, marital status, job tenure, 
industry and race are accounted for, women still earn eighty cents for 
every dollar men earn.
  This wage gap extends across all income levels and occupations, and 
it's even wider for minority women. There is no excuse for this gap 
between men and women. Both men and women must feed their families and 
pay their rent. Let's pass the Paycheck Fairness Act and close the 
gender wage gap for good.

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