More Must Be Done To Ensure Equal Pay, Witnesses Tell Education And Labor Committee

While improvements have been made to address gender discrimination in the workplace, gender-based wage discrimination remains a problem for women in the U.S. workforce, witnesses told the Education and Labor Committee today.

U.S. Rep. George Miller, the chairman of the committee, convened a hearing today to examine the pay gap between men and women. Today is Equal Pay Day; it signifies the number of days into a new year that women have to work in order to earn the equivalent of what men make by December 31.

"Gender pay discrimination clearly has far reaching implications for America's economy and middle class," Miller said at the hearing. "That's why this hearing today is so important." Read more at house.gov.