,,iv  #aah? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #bb  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se   
,,( ,,repres5tatives  ,m>* #i1 #bjbc,ms4
 ,lois ,frankel ( ,florida 7= h]self1   
,ms4 ,de,lauro1 ,ms4 ,leg] ,f]n&ez1 ,ms4
 ,williams ( ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,adams1 ,mr4
 ,au*9closs1 ,ms4 ,bal9t1 ,ms4 ,b>ragn1 
,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,mr4 ,bey]1 ,mr4 ,bi%op (
 ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,blum5au]1 ,ms4 ,blunt  
,ro*e/]1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1 ,mr4 ,b[man1   
,mr4 ,boyle ( ,p5nsylvania1 ,ms4 ,br[n1 
,ms4 ,br[nley1 ,ms4 ,budz9ski1 ,ms4     
,bu%1 ,ms4 ,c>aveo1 ,mr4 ,c>bajal1 ,mr4 
,crd5as1 ,mr4 ,c>son1 ,mr4 ,c>twright1  
,mr4 ,case1 ,ms4 ,ca/or ( ,florida1 ,mr4
 ,ca/ro ( ,texas1 ,mrs4                 
,*]filus-,mc,cormick1 ,ms4 ,*u1 ,mr4    
,cicill9e1 ,ms4 ,cl>ke ( ,new ,york1    
,mr4 ,cleav]1 ,mr4 ,coh51 ,mr4          
,connolly1 ,ms4 ,craig1 ,ms4 ,crockett1 
,mr4 ,davis ( ,ill9ois1 ,ms4 ,dean (    
,p5nsylvania1 ,ms4 ,de,gette1 ,ms4      
,del,bene1 ,mr4 ,deluzio1 ,mr4          
,de,saulnier1 ,mrs4 ,d+ell1 ,ms4        
,escob>1 ,ms4 ,e%oo1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1   

,mr4 ,evans1 ,mrs4 ,flet*]1 ,mr4 ,fo/]1 
,mr4 ,gallego1 ,ms4 ,g>cia ( ,texas1    
,mr4 ,g>ca ( ,ill9ois1 ,mr4 ,gomez1 ,mr4
 ,got!im]1 ,mr4 ,gre5 ( ,texas1 ,mr4    
,grijalva1 ,mrs4 ,hayes1 ,mr4 ,higg9s ( 
,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,hors=d1 ,ms4 ,hoyle ( 
,oregon1 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,ms4       
,jacobs1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,mr4 ,johnson ( 
,georgia1 ,ms4 ,kamlag]-,dove1 ,ms4     
,kaptur1 ,mr4 ,keat+1 ,ms4 ,kelly (     
,ill9ois1 ,mr4 ,khanna1 ,mr4 ,kilm]1    
,mr4 ,kri%namoor?i1 ,ms4 ,ku/]1 ,mrs4   
,lee ( ,nevada1 ,ms4 ,lee ( ,cali=nia1  
,mr4 ,lieu1 ,ms4 ,l(gr51 ,mr4 ,lyn*1    
,ms4 ,mann+1 ,ms4 ,matsui1 ,mrs4        
,mc,bath1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,mr4         
,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,ms4 ,m5g1 ,ms4
 ,moore ( ,wiscons91 ,mr4 ,morelle1 ,mr4
 ,mosk[itz1 ,mr4 ,m\lton1 ,mr4 ,nadl]1  
,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,mr4 ,neguse1 ,mr4   
,norcross1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4 ,om>1 ,mr4
 ,pallone1 ,mr4 ,panetta1 ,mr4 ,pappas1 
,mr4 ,pascrell1 ,mr4 ,payne1 ,mr4       
,pet]s1 ,ms4 ,pett]s51 ,ms4 ,p+ree1 ,ms4
 ,plaskett1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,ms4 ,port]1   

,ms4 ,pressley1 ,mr4 ,quigley1 ,mrs4    
,ramirez1 ,mr4 ,rask91 ,ms4 ,ross1 ,mr4 
,sablan1 ,ms4 ,sn*ez1 ,mr4 ,s>banes1    
,ms4 ,scanlon1 ,ms4 ,s*ak[sky1 ,mr4     
,s*iff1 ,ms4 ,s*ri]1 ,mr4 ,david ,scott 
( ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,sewell1 ,ms4 ,%]rill1 
,mr4 ,smi? ( ,wa%+ton1 ,mr4 ,soto1 ,ms4 
,/ansbury1 ,mr4 ,/anton1 ,ms4 ,/ev5s1   
,ms4 ,/rickl&1 ,mr4 ,swalwell1 ,mr4     
,takano1 ,ms4 ,titus1 ,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,ms4 
,tokuda1 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,mrs4 ,torres (   
,cali=nia1 ,mrs4 ,trahan1 ,mr4 ,trone1  
,mr4 ,v>gas1 ,mr4 ,veasey1 ,ms4         
,velzquez1 ,ms4 ,wass]man ,s*ultz1 ,mrs4
 ,watson ,coleman1 ,ms4 ,wexton1 & ,ms4 
,wilson ( ,florida7 submitt$ ! foll[+   
concurr5t resolution2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to ! 
,committee on ,education & ! ,work=ce   
,,concurr5t ,,resolution  ,recogniz+ !  
significance ( equal pay & ! disp>ity   
betwe5 wages paid to m5 & wom54  ,:]eas 
section #f7;d7 ( ! ,fair ,labor ,/&>ds  
,act ( #aich 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bjf7;d77   
prohibits discrim9ation 9 comp5sation = 
equal "w on ! basis ( sex2 ,:]eas title 

,,vii ( ! ,civil ,rights ,act ( #aifd   
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bjjj;e et seq47         
prohibits discrim9ation 9 comp5sation   
because ( race1 color1 religion1        
national orig91 or sex2 ,:]eas1 ne>ly   
six decades aft] ! passage ( ! ,equal   
,pay ,act ( #aifc 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #bjf   
note71 ,c5sus ,bureau data %[ t wom5    
work+ full "t1 ye> r\nd are paid an     
av]age ( #hd c5ts = e doll> paid to m51 
:ile ,asian-,am]ican wom5 work+ full "t1
 ye> r\nd are paid #ib c5ts1 ,:ite1     
non-,hispanic wom5 work+ full "t1 ye>   
r\nd are paid #hj c5ts1                 
,african-,am]ican wom5 work+ full "t1   
ye> r\nd are paid #fg c5ts1 ,native     
,hawaiian & ,pacific ,isl&] wom5 work+  
full "t1 ye> r\nd are paid #fe c5ts1    
,am]ican ,indian & ,alaska ,native wom5 
work+ full "t1 ye> r\nd are paid #eg    
c5ts1 & ,lat9as work+ full "t1 ye> r\nd 
are paid #eg c5ts = e doll> paid to     
,:ite1 non-,hispanic m52 ,:]eas ,m>*    
#ad1 #bjbc1 is ,equal ,pay ,day1 m>k+ ! 
day t symbolizes h[ long into #bjbc wom5

 mu/ "w to make :at m5 7 paid 9 #bjbb2  
,:]eas ,april #e1 #bjbc1 is ,asian      
,am]ican1 ,native ,hawaiian1 & ,pacific 
,isl&] ,wom5's ,equal ,pay ,day2 ,augu/ 
#cj1 #bjbc1 is ,native ,hawaiian        
,pacific ,isl&] ,wom5's ,equal ,pay     
,day2 ,july #bg1 #bjbc1 is ,black       
,wom5's ,equal ,pay ,day2 ,novemb] #cj1 
#bjbc1 is ,native ,wom5's ,equal ,pay   
,day2 & ,octob] #e1 #bjbc1 is ,lat9as'  
,equal ,pay ,day2 ,:]eas1 if curr5t     
tr5ds cont9ue1 ,asian wom5 are project$ 
to close ! g5d] pay gap = all work]s1   
includ+ "p-"t1 full "t1 & seasonal      
work]s1 9 #bd ye>s1 ,:ite wom5 9 #dc    
ye>s1 ,black wom5 9 #aba ye>s1 & ,lat9as
 9 #ahg ye>s2 ,:]eas ! disp>ity 9 m$ian 
annual e>n+s = wom5 & m5 work+ full "t1 
ye> r\nd is #i1ied1 :i* c add up to     
ne>ly #djj1jjj ov] a c>e]2 ,:]eas wom5's
 m$ian e>n+s are less ?an m5's at e     
level ( academic a*ievem5t1 ) wom5 )    
less ?an a high s*ool diploma e>n+ #gh  
p]c5t ( m5's e>n+s1 & wom5 ) a          
pr(essional degree e>n+ #gj p]c5t ( m5's

 e>n+s at ! same level ( education2     
,:]eas wom5 are (t5 paid less ?an m5 )  
l[] levels ( education1 ) wom5 )        
associate's degrees paid less ?an m5 ) a
 high s*ool diploma1 & wom5 ) ma/]'s    
degrees paid less ?an m5 ) ba*elor's    
degrees2 ,:]eas1 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates1     
mo!rs are breadw9n]s 9 m ?an half (     
families ) *ildr5 "u #ah1 & mo!rs work+ 
full "t typically are paid #gd p]c5t (  
:at fa!rs are paid2 ,:]eas ! g5d] wage  
gap collectively co/s wom5 employ$ full 
"t 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates m ?an              
#ieh1jjj1jjj1jjj 9 annual lo/ wages1 s t
 families h less money to sp5d on goods 
& s]vices t help drive economic gr[?2   
,:]eas1 if ! annual g5d] wage gap 7     
elim9at$1 on av]age1 a work+ woman 9 !  
,unit$ ,/ates w\ld h en\gh money =      
approximately #a ye> ( *ildc>e1 #h      
additional mon?s ( r5t1 #f additional   
mon?s ( mortgage & utilities paym5ts1 ! 
full co/ ( tuition & fees = att5d+ a    
#b-ye> college1 m ?an #f additional     
mon?s ( premiums = employ]-bas$ heal?   

insurance1 m ?an #h additional ye>s (   
bir? control1 m ?an #fb weeks ( food1 or
 en\gh money to pay (f /ud5t loan debt 9
 j "u #d ye>s2 ,:]eas wom5 hold ne>ly   
two-?irds ( ! ,nation's                 
#a1gjj1jjj1jjj1jjj 9 out/&+ /ud5t loan  
debt1 total+ ov] #ibi1jjj1jjj1jjj1 & are
 less likely to be able to pay (f _!    
/ud5t loan debt promptly due to wage    
disp>ities2 ,:]eas ! wage gap impacts   
wom5's ability to save = retirem5t &    
wom5's total ,social ,security & p5sion 
b5efits1 & old] wom5 are m likely ?an m5
 to live 9 pov]ty2 ,:]eas sex           
discrim9ation 9 education1 hir+1 &      
promotion has play$ a role 9 ma9ta9+ a  
work=ce segregat$ by sex2 ,:]eas        
sex-bas$ wage diff]5tials-- 7#a7 depress
 employee wages & liv+ /&>ds necess>y = 
heal? & well-be+2  7#b7 r$uce family    
incomes & contribute to ! high] pov]ty  
rates among wom5 & _! families2 &  7#c7 
prev5t ! effective & maximum utilization
 ( available labor res\rces2 ,:]eas a   
wage gap exi/s 9 ne>ly e occupational   

field1 b op5+ traditionally male-dom9at$
 jobs to wom5 & r$uc+ occupational      
segregation by sex increases e>n+s =    
wom52 ,:]eas ne>ly two-?irds ( work]s   
paid ! m9imum wage or less are wom51 & !
 conc5tration ( wom5 9 l[-wage jobs is a
 significant contributor to ! wage gap2 
,:]eas ! g5d] wage gap betwe5 union wom5
 & m5 is ab\t half ! size ( ! wage gap  
betwe5 nonunion wom5 & m51 & wom5 union 
memb]s typically e>n #bad m p] week ?an 
wom5 :o are n repres5t$ by unions2      
,:]eas1 z mu* z #ch p]c5t ( ! wage gap  
is unexpla9$ by obs]vable factors su* z 
v>iation 9 educational atta9m5t1        
indu/ry1 & occupation1 & may reflect    
discrim9ation2 ,:]eas two-?irds (       
private sector work]s report t employ]s 
ei!r prohibit or disc\rage !m f discuss+
 _! pay1 :i* c keep ! exi/5ce ( pay     
discrim9ation hidd5 & prev5t rem$y+ t   
discrim9ation2 ,:]eas ! lack (          
family-fri5dly policies1 su* z access to
 af=dable1 quality *ildc>e1 paid family 
& m$ical leave1 paid sick days1 & fair &

 pr$ictable "w s*$ules1 =ces _m c>egiv]s
 to *oose betwe5 provid+ = _! families  
f9ancially & ensur+ _! lov$ ones receive
 quality c>e1 & contributes to ! wage   
gap2 ,:]eas #a 9 #c wom5 h be5 on !     
receiv+ end ( sexual h>assm5t dur+ _!   
c>e]s1 & an e/imat$ #hg to #id p]c5t (  
^? :o exp]i5ce sexual h>assm5t nev] file
 a =mal compla9t2 ,:]eas workplace      
h>assm5t =ces _m wom5 to leave _!       
occupation or indu/ry1 or pass up       
opportunities = advancem5t1 & ?is       
contributes to ! g5d] wage gap2 ,:]eas  
equal pay /r5g!ns ! economic security ( 
families & enhances retirem5t sav+s2    
,:]eas1 :5 wom5 are paid fairly1        
families are /rong]1 bus9esses prosp]1 &
 ,am]ican values & ! economy are        
/r5g!n$2 ,:]eas1 if wom5 9 ! ,unit$     
,/ates receiv$ equal pay comp>able ) m51
 pov]ty = work+ wom5 w\ld be r$uc$ by   
half1 & ! economy w\ld add              
#e1abj1jjj1jjj annually1 bas$ on a #bjag
 analysis2 ,:]eas ! economic fall\t f ! 
,,covid-#ai p&emic has _h a             

disproportionate impact on wom5 & wom5 (
 color1 ) wom5 los+ ! majority ( jobs   
lo/ s9ce ,m>* #bjbj2 ,:]eas1 s9ce wom5  
e>n less on av]age ?an _! male p>tn]s1  
#c times m wom5 ?an m5 h left ! work=ce 
to look aft] _! *ildr5 :o are le>n+ f   
home2 ,:]eas wom5 & wom5 ( color are n[ 
exp]i5c+ ! l[e/ rates ( employm5t 9     
decades2 & ,:]eas num]\s national       
organizations h designat$ ,w$nesday1    
,m>* #ad1 #bjbc1 z ,equal ,pay ,day to  
repres5t ! additional "t t wom5 mu/ "w  
to comp5sate = ! av]age #af-p]c5t l[]   
wages paid to wom5 work+ full "t1 ye>   
r\nd la/ ye>3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be x ,t       
,congress-- 7#a7 recognizes ! disp>ity  
betwe5 wages paid to wom5 & m5 & its    
impact on wom51 families1 & ! ,nation2 &
  7#b7 reaffirms its commitm5t to       
support+ equal pay & to n>r[+ ! g5d]    
wage gap4