On Equal Pay Day, Rep. Edwards Highlights Accomplishments, Urges Further Action to Close the Wage Gap
April 20, 2010
April 20, 2010
WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md., (4th CD) issued the following news release:
In commemoration of Equal Pay Day, Congresswoman Donna F. Edwards (D-MD) released the following statement highlighting the commitment of the 111th Congress to pay equity while urging all Americans to work together to close the wage gap.
"In the forty-seven years since President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law women still earn less than 80 cents for every dollar ear . . .
In commemoration of Equal Pay Day, Congresswoman Donna F. Edwards (D-MD) released the following statement highlighting the commitment of the 111th Congress to pay equity while urging all Americans to work together to close the wage gap.
"In the forty-seven years since President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law women still earn less than 80 cents for every dollar ear . . .