[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 4825-4826]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                             EQUAL PAY DAY

  (Mr. CARNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)

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  Mr. CARNEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Equal Pay Day and 
call for passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act.
  In my home State of Delaware, a full-time working woman is paid 
nearly $10,000 less than a man who works full time. That means women in 
Delaware make 80 cents for every dollar men make; and for women of 
color, the pay gap is even worse.
  If this pay gap were eliminated, women in my State and across the 
country would have more money to spend on rent, more money for child 
care, more money for gas, and more money for food.
  Above all, a system that pays men more than women for doing the same 
job is just not fair; and as Members of Congress, we should do 
something to fix it. That's why I'm a cosponsor of the Paycheck 
Fairness Act. This bill would make it harder for employers to engage in 
discrimination against women in the form of unequal pay.
  I urge my colleagues to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act so women in 
Delaware who do the same jobs for the same hours get the same paycheck 
as their male counterparts.

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