[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8021]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     PASS THE PAYCHECK FAIRNESS ACT

  (Ms. WOOLSEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, it's absolutely appalling that in the year 
2012 women still make 77 cents for every dollar earned by their male 
peers.
  This isn't just an issue of fundamental fairness. With so many women 
heading households and being the primary breadwinner, it's a matter of 
economic security for American families. These women face the same 
financial pressures as any other American. They certainly don't get a 
23 percent discount on their rent or mortgage payment, on the groceries 
they buy or on the children's shoes they have to replace.
  We must pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, which the Senate plans to 
vote on next week and the House passed in the last Congress. I ask my 
Republican friends, Mr. Speaker, why the Republicans aren't making this 
a priority instead of today we're voting on a divisive abortion bill 
that criminalizes a woman's most private health care decisions.
  Women do not need yet another attack on their reproductive rights. 
What they need is economic justice. When will the majority get it?

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