Five years ago today, President Obama signed his first law as President. It was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which overturned the 180-day statute of limitations for women to contest pay discrimination. I led the charge in the Senate for this important down-payment in helping end the pay gap and keeping the courthouse doors open. Today, women still make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns. In his State of the Union address, the President renewed the call to build on the promise of equal pay for equal work, and I couldn’t agree more. That why I’ve introduced the Paycheck Fairness Act to stop wage discrimination from happening in the first place and end the policies that keep women uneducated and unequipped when it comes to fighting for their fair share. I will continue to fight for them. It’s not just for our pocketbooks. It’s about the family checkbooks and getting it right in the law books.
Posted on: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 17:39:56 +0000
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