Today is a sad day in the US for Equal Pay for Women. Thank you to Sen. Mikulski for your hard work on this bill… 

Mikulski Statement on Republican Filibuster of Paycheck Fairness Act

June 5, 2012

WASHINGTON – Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.), Dean of the Senate women, made the following statement today after Republicans unanimously blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation she introduced to help close the wage gap for women:  

“Although we lost the vote today, we’re not going to give up the battle. While it is a sad day here in the U.S. Senate, it’s an even sadder day each day a woman earns less than a man doing the same job with the same education.  

“It’s unfortunate that today’s vote occurred strictly along party lines. It’s my hope that we can bring this bill up again and forge a bipartisan vote.  

“As we come up on the 49th anniversary of equal pay for equal work, we’re not going to let this bill die because of parliamentary entanglements. The majority should rule in the United States Senate.  

“While John Adams and all the guys were in Philadelphia writing the U.S. Constitution, his wife Abigail wrote him a letter that said, ‘Do not forget the ladies or they will foment a revolution of their own.’  

“Well, they did forget the ladies. And the ladies did foment a revolution of their own. It was called the suffrage movement. It took 150 years for women to secure the right to vote.  

“And now they’ve forgotten the ladies again by not getting rid of the loopholes in the Equal Pay Act that are making it hard to end pay discrimination. But we’re not going to wait another 49 years.  (emphasis by Learn.Think.Act.)

“So, I say to the women of America, let’s keep this fight going. Put on your lipstick, square your shoulders, suit up and let’s fight for this new American Revolution where women get equal pay for equal work. Let’s end wage discrimination in this century once and for all.”