[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8138]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             EQUAL PAY ACT

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                           HON. JOYCE BEATTY

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 5, 2013

  Mrs. BEATTY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the Equal Pay 
Act and to call for the passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act.
  On June 10, our nation celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Equal 
Pay Act.
  Yet, women still earn on average only 77 cents for every dollar 
earned by men. In Columbus, Ohio women are paid only 81 cents for every 
dollar paid to men.
  Equal pay is not simply a women's issue--it's a family issue.
  Families increasingly rely on women's wages to make ends meet, and 
with less take-home pay women have less for the everyday needs of their 
families.
  90,527 households in the Columbus metro area are headed by women. 
Eliminating the wage gap would provide much-needed income to women 
whose salaries are of critical importance to them and their families.
  When women succeed, so does our economy.

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