lilly ledbetter. the bill. strengthen >> good morning. it is a great morning. so excited to be here. i'm rosa delaura and represent the 3rd district of connecticut. thank you to all of you for joining us this thorning. i can't tell you how proud i am to stand with our colleagues and champions and our leader, nancy pelosi. thank you to the folks, the champions on here. the organizations and the individuals who never flagged for a moment in advocating for equal pay for equal work. today, we are introducing the fairness act the bill that has the support of every democratic member of our caucus. and one republican. [applause] ms. delauro: our senate colleague, senator murray hosted a companion legislation and there are 47 senate democrats on the legislation there as well. and lord knows, we have been in this fight side-by-side for many years. i want to -- i will move quickly. we have a wonderful group of people here to speak and also other colleagues who are here to support us in this effort. e have a maj

yesterday and we also had -- yesterday was the 10th anniversary of president obama signing the lilly ledbetter act. this opened the door to more fairness in the workplace. yesterday, on the anniversary, delauroain,rosa we pass a it and number of times when we had the majority but we could not get the 60 votes in the senate so it was never taken up and out patty murray is a cosponsor -- the lead sponsor in the senate on that that is equal pay for equal work. yesterday was the 10th anniversary. april 2 is equal pay day. that is the day in which women start to get paid for their work for the year as opposed to what men make for the year so we hope this bill would be signed into law by that day. it's all a part of the for the people agenda for bigger paychecks, lower health care costs, more integrity in government. any questions? we've got the blue sign today. >> we match. during the shutdown, we heard president trump and his offering to provide three years of protection for it daca recipients. in the current negotiations, is that being discussed or our jailers getting lost in all of this questio?

irl yes today, nancy pelosi joined several other house democrats to re-introduce the lilly ledbetter. the bill. strengthen >> good morning. it is a great morning. so excited to be here. i'm rosa delaura and represent the 3rd district of connecticut.

as the mean in the workplace and this comes 10 years after the then president obama signed the lilly ledbetter fair pay act. these are the advocates and women are still being paid $.80 on every dollar that men get paid. we will hear today from several congress members with our congresswoman jackie speier, barbara lee and house speaker nancy pelosi. we will keep an eye on washington dc. >>> it is 6:05 am. >>> here's a live look at chicago with chunks of ice in the chicago river running through the city right now. the dangerous cold spell is pumping through much of the midwest and the polar vortex already linked do several deaths with record low and wind chill factors as cold as 50 below zero. it is so cold that the u.s. postal service is suspending mail service. many schools, businesses and government offices are closed. many in the government are focused on protecting the vulnerable like the homeless and senior citizens. >>> the san francisco mayor london breed will give the first state of the city address at 11:30 am today at the national lgbtq center for the arts. one big issue is the thomas