A concurrent resolution recognizing the duty of Congress to meet the needs of working women.

This concurrent resolution states that Congress has a duty to ensure women have equal opportunity in the workforce. It affirms support for goals such as equal pay for equal work, pay transparency, paid family and medical leave, paid sick days, affordable childcare, and health care including reproductive health care. It condemns actions that weaken civil rights enforcement or workplace protections, and commits Congress to restoring and strengthening agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. It also supports raising the federal minimum wage, ending tipped and subminimum wages, and the right of workers to join a union. As a resolution, it does not create new laws or spending.

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Sponsors

• Mazie K. Hirono Democrat sponsor
• 7 cosponsors