House Proceeding 01-27-09 on Jan 27th, 2009 :: 0:22:35 to 0:25:35
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Rosa L. DeLauro: i urge all my colleagues to vote for s. 181 so we can spend it to the president's desk. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. mckeon: we have no further spe we reserve the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. miller: i yield three

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Speech By: Rosa L. DeLauro

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Rosa L. DeLauro: minutes to ms. delauro, a champion of fair pay and equal pay for women. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for three minutes. ms. dilaw rather -- ms. delauro: i rise in support of the lilly ledbetter fair pay act.

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Rosa L. DeLauro: together wiz his colleagues on the labor committee, chairman miller has brought gender-based pay discrimination front and center in this congress and as a result, we finally have the opportunity to send powerful legislation to the president's desk today. we are here because lilly ledbetter got shortchanged, shortchanged by her employer,

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Rosa L. DeLauro: the perpetrator of consistent pay discrimination lasting years, and shortchanged again by the supreme court. a jury found that yes, lilly ledbette discriminated against by her employer. they awarded her .8 million in back pay and damages. under title vii this was

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Rosa L. DeLauro: reduced to 60,000 and ultimately zero when the supreme court ruled 5-4 against her in 2007. drastically limiting women's access to seek justice for pay discrimination based on gender, requiring workers to time a pay six-month period only,

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Rosa L. DeLauro: regardless of how long the pay inequity goes on. when women still earn only 78% of what men earn this has rolled back efforts to ensure equal pay and left women with little remedy. congress has an obligation to correct the court's decision. that is why we must pass the

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Rosa L. DeLauro: lilly ledbetter fair pay act clearly stating that title vii's statute of limitations runs from the date a discriminatory wage is paid, not simply some early as possible date which has come and gone long ago. instead, you would be able to challenge discriminatory paychecks as long as you

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Rosa L. DeLauro: continue to receive them. i strong urge the senate to build on this undation, take up the paycheck fairness act to face gender discrimination head on, eliminate the discrimination faced by women. that process starts in earnest with the lilly ledbetter fair pay act.

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Rosa L. DeLauro: we can begin to ensure pay equity and give families the resources they need to give their children a better future. the great promise of our american dream, let us make good on that promise. pass this bill. let us make sure that women who