Hoyer Statement on Equal Pay Day
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For Immediate Release:
April 10, 2018
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Mariel Saez 202-225-3130
WASHINGTON, DC – House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today on Equal Pay Day:
“On Equal Pay Day, we mark the time it takes a woman, on average, to earn the same amount as a man for the same work if both had started on the first of January last year. That women earn only $0.80 to every dollar a man earns, is not only insultingly unfair but harmful to millions of families across our economy that depend on women’s incomes to make ends meet. In addition, it is shameful that the wage gap among minority women is even worse. Democrats will continue to fight for equal pay for equal work, even while Republican policies in Congress and from this Administration are making it harder for all workers to earn a good living and get ahead.
“When I brought the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to the House Floor as Majority Leader in 2009 – the first piece of legislation of the new Congress – I did so as a first step, not a last one. It is imperative that we now build on that progress by passing the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would make it more difficult for women to be discriminated against on their paychecks by earning less when performing the same work as men. It’s time to bring this bill to the Floor, and I urge Speaker Ryan and Leader McCarthy to do so without delay.”
“On Equal Pay Day, we mark the time it takes a woman, on average, to earn the same amount as a man for the same work if both had started on the first of January last year. That women earn only $0.80 to every dollar a man earns, is not only insultingly unfair but harmful to millions of families across our economy that depend on women’s incomes to make ends meet. In addition, it is shameful that the wage gap among minority women is even worse. Democrats will continue to fight for equal pay for equal work, even while Republican policies in Congress and from this Administration are making it harder for all workers to earn a good living and get ahead.
“When I brought the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to the House Floor as Majority Leader in 2009 – the first piece of legislation of the new Congress – I did so as a first step, not a last one. It is imperative that we now build on that progress by passing the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would make it more difficult for women to be discriminated against on their paychecks by earning less when performing the same work as men. It’s time to bring this bill to the Floor, and I urge Speaker Ryan and Leader McCarthy to do so without delay.”