#equal pay

We, the women of the Senate, with President Obama by our side, will keep fighting - our shoulders square, our lipstick on - because you deserve equal pay for your hard work. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

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And whether it is equal pay, health care, Social Security, or family leave, this Congress has refused to address issues critical to hard-working American women. ↗

— Louise Slaughter

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If you say, I'm for equal pay, that's a reform. But if you say. I'm a feminist, that's a transformation of society. ↗

— Gloria Steinem

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My own mother always taught me that fairness was a family value - I think equal pay is about fairness for everyone. ↗

— Mike Honda

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Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work. ↗

— Susan B. Anthony

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President Kennedy understood the importance of equal pay for equal work and signed historic legislation that gave women around the country hope that one day their wages would be on par with that of their male counterparts. ↗

— Rosa DeLauro

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It's one thing to work women into your talking points. It's another to tell them how you are going to educate their kids, how you are going to ensure they get health care, how we are going to rebuild infrastructure, how they are going to get equal pay. ↗

— Stephanie Cutter

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Equal pay isn't just a women's issue; when women get equal pay, their family incomes rise and the whole family benefits. ↗

— Mike Honda

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It's amazing to me that, in the 42 years since President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law, women today still receive fewer wages than men for the same work. ↗

— Mike Honda

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We sought justice because equal pay for equal work is an American value. That fight took me ten years. It took me all the way to the Supreme Court. And, in a 5-4 decision, they stood on the side of those who shortchanged my pay, my overtime, and my retirement just because I am a woman. ↗

— Lilly Ledbetter

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