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On Tuesday, we marked Equal Pay Day, the day when, more than three months into the year, women’s wages finally catch up to what men were paid in the previous year. Once again, I call on all Members of Congress to come together in support of the passage of the critical Paycheck Fairness Act. More must be done to close the wage gap that still exists between women and men.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As we mark Equal Pay Day today, Congressman Cleaver is once again calling for the passage of the critical Paycheck Fairness Act, highlighting that more needs to be done to close the wage gap that still exists between women and men. Equal Pay Day symbolizes when, more than three months into the year, women's wages finally catch up to what men were paid in the previous year.
Dear Friends,
A woman walked up to the supervising pharmacist in a major drug store and said, “You are the top guy here are you not?”
“Yes,” said the man, wearing a long white hospital looking coat.
“Well,” said the woman, “I need a big bottle of arsenic.”
“Ma’am, arsenic is a very dangerous substance so I must ask you – why do you need it?” he said.
“To poison my no-good cheating husband,” she replied.
Each Spring, the Congressional Institute sponsors a nationwide high school visual art competition to recognize and encourage artistic talent in the nation in each congressional district. This year, students from the 5th Congressional District have submitted over 200 art entries in the competition entitled, "A Voyage of Artistic Discovery".
"I am eager to recognize and showcase the artistic talent of high school students in my Congressional District and across the country," said Congressman Emanuel Cleaver.
Dear Friends,
Two D.C. Federal employees who commute back and forth from Philadelphia each day, sat next to each other one cold winter day after work. The one who sat by the window in the aisle seat spoke to her seatmate asking, “Will you please open the window?” The other woman spoke with indignation, “Absolutely not, I have a cold and if I opened the window, it will kill me. Don’t be so insensitive!”
This week, President Obama completed his responsibility that Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution outlined, to appoint Justices to the Supreme Court. On Wednesday morning he announced that he is nominating D.C. Circuit Court Chief Judge Merrick Garland to serve as the next Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, to take the seat of the late Associate Justice Antonin Scalia.