Women deserve equal pay for equal work. Congress affirmed this value with the Equal Pay Act of 1963, which made it illegal to pay different wages to employees of the opposite sex for equal work. Everyone in this room must continue to uphold and defend this important principle, but the legislation under discussion today, the so-called Paycheck Fairness Act, is the wrong approach to ensure that current equal pay protections are fortified. Read more »
Women deserve equal pay for equal work. In 1963, Congress amended the Fair Labor Standards Act with the Equal Pay Act, making it illegal to pay different wages to employees of the opposite sex for equal work. The following year, Congress approved the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which made it illegal for employers to discriminate based on race, color, national origin, religion, and sex. Read more »
In 1963 and 1964, Congress passed a series of acts making it illegal to pay employees different wages on the basis of sex and for employers to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, and sex. These important laws laid the foundation for the modern-day workplace and stated unequivocally that discrimination will not be tolerated. Read more »
Teachers work hard on behalf of American students and families, and they deserve paychecks that reflect their tireless efforts. And all students deserve access to safe, clean, and healthy school facilities, regardless of zip code. To dispute these two facts would make anyone out of touch with reality. Read more »
All students deserve access to a safe and healthy learning environment, and America’s teachers deserve a paycheck that reflects their efforts in the classroom. This is a principle that Republicans and Democrats agree on, but our solutions differ drastically. Read more »
ICYMI: Preview Of The Coming Medicare For All Debate By Grace-Marie Turner—Thursday February 7, 2019 The pre-existing condition scare tactics continue. I testified yesterday—as the sole witness called by the Republican minority—during a House Education and Labor Committee hearing on “Examining Threats to Workers with Preexisting Conditions.” It was the first hearing of the new Congress under the ... Read more »
Over the last several years, the far-left has begun to call for extreme social policies that were, until recently, considered too radical for the mainstream. Read more »
In a hearing that lasted all day, Committee Democrats tried desperately to convince themselves that a far-left socialist proposal to arbitrarily hike the minimum wage by 107 percent could go mainstream. It didn’t work. In a fascinating case study in denial, Committee Democrats made three claims: that more than doubling the current minimum wage to $15 an hour will be good for workers, good for businesses, and good for the economy. Read more »
In a hearing House Democrats scripted and orchestrated to distort the record and intimidate Americans with pre-existing conditions, Committee Republicans seized the opportunity to affirm their commitment to Americans with pre-existing health conditions and shed new light on the ways a strong economy gives all Americans the healthcare options they desperately need. Read more »
