Issue Position: Women

Issue Position

Equal Pay for Equal Work

Women

Across the country, women earn 77 cents for every dollar a man earns, and over their careers, that means they take home hundreds of thousands of dollars less than men. Unfair pay - especially for single-parent households - makes it even harder for these American families to stay afloat. Women deserve equal pay for equal work and as your next U.S. Congressman, I will fight for nothing less.
Women's Health Issues

I agree our country has made real progress expanding equality and opportunity. For our American women, this has meant greater access to education, to the workplace, and to control over their economic lives. But in the area of health, women continue to face obstacles.

In recent years, health insurance companies have discriminated against women, and many women have been faced with a limited set of health care options. But federal policy is now moving in the right direction: The new health care reform law will soon ban abusive insurance company practices, and it will no longer be the case that simply being a woman, being pregnant, or being a victim of domestic violence is a pre-existing condition that could limit access to coverage. These are powerful protections that women across this country should enjoy. These protections are fundamental, and we owe it to women all across this country to fight to preserve these protections.

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