Quorum call mrs. Shaheen madam president . The presiding officer the senator from New Hampshire. Mrs. Shaheen madam president , is the senate in a quorum call . The presiding officer it is. Mrs. Shaheen i ask that the quorum call be lifted. The presiding officer without objection. Mrs. Shaheen thank you. Madam president , more than 50 years ago, president kennedy signed the equal pay act making equal pay for equal work the law of the land. And yet today, wage discrimination still persists. Today women i continue to be pad just over threequarters of what their male counterparts receive for performing the same work. More women than he have before are graduating from college, but over the course of their careers, they will each make an average of 1. 2 million less than a man with the same level of education. Unfortunately, thats not unique. Across a wide array of industries and within all different occupations, wellqualified women continue to earn an average of 77 cents for each dollar th
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