[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6551]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        WOMEN'S ECONOMIC AGENDA

  (Mrs. CAPPS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. CAPPS. Mr. Speaker, all you need to do is watch one episode of 
``Mad Men'' to know that women in the workforce have come a long way. 
While we would like to say that everything is better now, we certainly 
know that is not the case.
  On the central coast of California and across the United States, 
women continue to earn less than men for equal work. Child care costs 
more than college tuition. Access to earned paid family leave, 
maternity leave, and sick days is lagging. These are barriers for 
women, but they also have a ripple effect on their families and on our 
local economies.
  We are not powerless to address this, and that is why I hosted an 
open community forum last week to explore the many ways that we can 
support an economy that works for women and families. That is why we 
need a vote on the Women's Economic Agenda, a slate of legislative 
proposals to strengthen the middle class and our local economies. 
Because we know that when women succeed, America succeeds.

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