and with the lilly ledbetter act they added disability and age. each time that someone receives a paycheck, that is not equal to something that a colleague is receiving, it will be considered a separate act of discrimination. so that was that particular case. so that was significant i think. not only are women going to benefit from that but also many people of color in general. women and men will benefit from this particular act. people who have disabilities and people who are older and discriminated against. one problem however, as i say i don't -- i think this is a good thing but at the same time it does not acknowledge that much of the discrimination or inequity and pay arises from what we call occupational segregation. that means that people a specific gender, or people a specific gender for people of specific race and gender combined are located in different occupations and the occupations that white males occupy and general are valued more and pay more than the occupations that people of color and women occupy so there is a hierarchy there.

ethics reform, financial reform, minimum wage increase, repeal of "don't ask, don't tell," the lilly ledbetterand, of course, health reform. now, under speaker john boehner's leadership, however, just 12 bills have originated in the house have become law. i know i'm new, but that was not a typo, i did not misspeak. you heard me, 12. the boehnor speakership is on track for 48 bills. a third measure is not whether or not you get promoted or how much you get done or against what odds, but whether or not everybody on your team stays on your team, the cohesiveness of your party.ç now, using this measure, speaker john boehner's actually been quite successful. others managed to make sure his republican caucus stayed in line. they voted unanimously on some legislation, and he's kept internal dissent to a whisper, until now. the number of republicans in the house are publicly defying speaker boehner and his proposal for raising the debt ceiling, including the congressman who heads up a group of conservatives in the house who doesn't think speaker boehner's plans has the votes. >> i am confident, as of

is they point to hundred $25 million.air [applause] the of first bill president signed was the lilly ledbetteract. [cheers and applause]call and has called on congress to pass the paycheck fairness act. [applause] the fastest number of small businesses that are being created are by women. but the president could cut taxes 16 times and. [applause] >> a call street and it onceres the man as a result of a crisis that occurred held by the strong women elizabeth warren. [cheers and applause] and our administration supports the healthy families act to provide seven paid sick days for all workers as part of workplace six-- flexibility and obviouslyh a hour president but our secretary is a champion for issues as well. she does not stay behind and has been a champion for women's issues as well as environmental issues. i want to share with you some of the things we're s doing in the department of labor because our society has made tremendous progress to eradicating barriers fort women but we still have always to go. in terms of any quality and with the pay gap reno with men on $0.81 a81n african america