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Equal Pay Day

Floor Speech

Date: April 8, 2014
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Women Employment and Affirmative Action

Mrs. BEATTY. Mr. Speaker, today this Equal Pay Day, I rise to recognize the full value of women's skills, their significant contributions to the labor force, and acknowledge the gross injustice of wage inequality.

Women--who make up nearly half of our Nation's workforce--on average still make only 77 cents for every dollar made by men.

For black women, its 64 cents on the dollar.

At a time when families across the United States are struggling to make ends meet, ensuring a fair wage is more important than ever.

Equal pay is more than a basic right--it is an economic necessity.

That is why I will continue to fight for the When Women Succeed, America Succeeds economic agenda, which includes enacting the Paycheck Fairness Act, to ensure equal pay for equal work for our nation's women, children, and families.


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