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Pelosi: 'With Passage of Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Congress Has Injected Fairness, Reason and Common Sense'
January 28, 2009Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller, and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro held a media availability in the Capitol late this afternoon following House passage of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to end pay discrimination. The House approved the measure late this afternoon by a vote of 250 to 177. The bill will now be sent to President Obama, who will sign it into law later this week. Below is a transcript of their remarks and question and answer session. Full release