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13 Apr, 10 tweets, 4 min read
TODAY: The House Rules Cmte holds a hearing to mark up HR 7 or the Paycheck Fairness Act. The legislation would amend existing labor rules to better close the ever-present wage gap between the sexes.
documentcloud.org/documents/2061…
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This legislation has been around for a while. It passed the House in '19 with a 242-187 vote but went no further, dying in the Senate then controlled by Mitch McConnell.
For more context on lack of speed here: his bill is effectively an update to the Equal Pay Act of *1963*.
The pandemic brings pay disparity issues into greater relief. Emily Martin, VP @ the Nat'l Women's Law Ctr recently said the pandemic-spurred unemployment among women prompted a generation of progress to be lost.
cnbc.com/2021/03/24/equ…
More on pay disparities from the National Women's Law Center available here: nwlc.org/wp-content/upl… and some of their recommendations on how to close the gap:
After today's committee work on HR 7 where the language of the bill is considered and amendments are weighed, it goes to the House floor for a vote later this week.
I'll have coverage for @CourthouseNews.
Besides HR 7, there will be work on HR 1195, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act. It orders the Dept of Labor to take greater strides to protect health care & social service workers from workplace violence. documentcloud.org/documents/2061…
New: The Biden administration throws its support behind H.R. 7, the Paycheck Fairness Act. The legislation is aimed at ending pay disparities for women and closing existing loopholes in the Equal Pay Act.
The bill is in committee mark-up now. Story later for @CourthouseNews.
TODAY: Breathing new life into legislation that died in the Senate under the Trump administration, Democrats on Tuesday advanced a bill they say would close lingering loopholes in federal equal pay laws on the books for nearly 60 years.
courthousenews.com/democrats-rene…
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The Paycheck Fairness Act and the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act advanced out of committee yesterday and today, lawmakers convene on the House floor to debate the bill before it sees a vote.
Background: courthousenews.com/democrats-rene…
Link to the stream for the debate on both of these bills available here:
c-span.org/video/?510726-…
Debate kicks off at noon.

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TODAY: The Senate Intel Committee meets at 10 AM ET to weigh the state of worldwide threats and how the Biden administration is/will handle. Witnesses include top officials from ODNI, CIA, FBI, NSA etc. First of two hearings in Congress on this subject this week.
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Sen. Mark Warner kicks off today's hearing on worldwide threats and establishes that he wants to hear from senior IC officials on pandemic; China; closes remarks saying he supports drawdown in Afghanistan but there must be focus on supporting those who supported us in region
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He also remarked today on his relief to have a willing director at ODNI; noting his requests last year for Trump's director to appear went ignored. But today, Avril Haines, dir of ODNI, is here and ready to testify.
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Officer William “Billy” Evans, killed on 4/2 attack, lies in honor at the Capitol Rotunda today. Photo of the program below. Expecting: Pres. Biden, congressional leadership, Evans' mother, children, their mother, Cap Police leadership, AG Garland, JCOS Milley, DC Mayor Bowser.
Link to the live stream here: c-span.org/video/?510593-…
h/t to the House press gallery who provided a copy of the program today.
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TODAY at 10AM ET, @SenSchumer, @SpeakerPelosi, with Sen. @maziehirono, @RepGraceMeng & @RepAndyKimNJ hold a news conference on the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act. The conference comes ahead of a vote on the bill later this week.
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I had a chance to go back & read through the comments on this entirely. Im so fortunate to have so many folks reach out with a word or thought. Thank you all so, so much. Each day is a minefield right now but I often find comfort in the kindness people share with me in my grief.
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For now, I miss her more than I thought humanly possible. But I am truly relieved she isn't suffering anymore. She did not deserve that.
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I know this cancer is going to take her in the end, and I have never seen a person fight as hard. But when she goes, it won't be because the cancer "won." It never altered the core of who she is. Not one day. It is a thief, a charlatan. But a victor complete? No.
I see a lot of people on here tweet about their own cancer journey or that of a family or friend's. It is a uniquely horrifying experience but I somehow find comfort knowing this club is full of people who share the pain, the frustration, the fear, and the anger.
I think I will never not be angry about her getting sick. Its hard to communicate to people outside of this experience or unfamiliar with it, how very deep that pain flows.

So many of you with a kind message, a thoughtful word, a donation, all that -- you softened the blows.
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Hearing is underway now on the rise of domestic terrorism in the U.S. I'll have coverage for @CourthouseNews later.
Rep. Jackson Lee, at today's hearing on rise of domestic terrorism in the US and speaking of the continued presence of white supremacist threats, holds up this image from Jan. 6. There's no question what was intended here, she says. "We all know what this is meant to say."
The very next round of questions at today's hearing on the rise of domestic terrorism began w/Rep Andy Biggs of AZ asking panelist Andy Ngo about the threat of "antifa violence." He did not address 1/6 violence after Jackson Lee's initial q's.
More later for @CourthouseNews
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