[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8182]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       EQUAL PAY ACT ANNIVERSARY

  (Ms. FRANKEL of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FRANKEL of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I want to join many of my 
colleagues who came to the floor yesterday to recognize that this 
coming Monday, June 10, is the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act 
being signed into law.
  With that said, even after 50 years, we're still waging the same 
battle for women. The historic anniversary is a reminder that there's 
much work to be done to close the wage gap.
  Equal pay for equal work is about fairness for women and families and 
dollars and common sense. For working mothers who have to put food on 
the table, and the retired women whose income is tied to their former 
salary, the wage gap means real dollars.
  In south Florida, if the wage gap were eliminated, a working woman 
would have enough money for 51 more weeks of food, 3 months of mortgage 
and utility payments, or 5 months of rent, or more than 1,600 
additional gallons of gas.
  Mr. Speaker, whether you serve customers in a local retail store, or 
argue cases before the highest court, you have a right to be treated 
with fairness and dignity.

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