It's life or death for a lot of people in this country. It's a global issue.

My own mother always taught me that fairness was a family value - I think equal pay is about fairness for everyone.

Equal pay isn't just a women's issue; when women get equal pay, their family incomes rise and the whole family benefits.

It's amazing to me that, in the 42 years since President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law, women today still receive fewer wages than men for the same work.

This budget reconciliation is a farce. What they want to do is cut our programs so they can put together the money for the tax cut they want to do next.

Our country is the richer for her life and the poorer at her death.