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Paycheck Fairness Act

Floor Speech

Date: Jan. 9, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Women Employment and Affirmative Action


PAYCHECK FAIRNESS ACT -- (House of Representatives - January 09, 2009)

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Mr. COHEN. I thank the gentleman.

I want to first thank Congresswoman DeLauro for her long work on this. It is hard for me to believe that it is 2009 and this issue is still before us. It is a great day in this United States Congress, Mr. Speaker, that we will do fairness and equity for women here in this House. Hopefully the Senate will do the same.

The Supreme Court in Lilly Ledbetter did itself just as much disservice as it did in Bush v. Gore. The Supreme Court needed to be reversed. We will do it with this legislation and will provide remedies for women in the future for inequities in workplace pay.

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