[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4876]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          WOMEN NEED EQUAL PAY

  (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, I rise today because across the United 
States women continue to earn less than men for an equal day's work. In 
fact, women, on average, make 78 cents for every dollar earned by men. 
For African American and Latina women, those numbers drop even lower. 
Even nurses, my profession, who many thought were immune to the pay 
gap, experience this gender discrepancy, often resulting in men who are 
nurses being paid thousands of dollars more a year than women.
  This disparity has real consequences. A woman's economic health has a 
ripple effect on her family and on our local economies. That is why I 
am proud to be an original cosponsor of the Paycheck Fairness Act. This 
critical bill would strengthen the 52-year-old Equal Pay Act by closing 
loopholes and ensuring that women are paid equal wages for equal work.
  Today, on Equal Pay Day, I urge our House leadership to bring the 
Paycheck Fairness Act to the floor for a vote because we know that when 
women succeed, America succeeds.

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