mrs. ledbetter, unfortunately, you didn't file your case in time. we're throwing it out of court and they did. strict constructionists conservatives that they were departed from the previous court's decisions which had given her and people like her the right to recover and limited the right to recover. well, in the name of lily ledbetter we shaped the law to make it abundantly clear so neither this supreme court nor any supreme court in the future will have any doubt that it's six months after the discovery of the discrimination. not after the first act of discrimination. it was one of the first bills if not the first bill that president barack obama signed. i happened to be there at the signing ceremony and standing next to him receiving the pen for that signature was lily ledbetter. she may not have won in the supreme court. she may not have come back with the compensation she was entitled to, but she at least had the satisfaction to know that this congress and this president would not allow the injustice created by that supreme court decision to

programs, 15 in oregon which ledbetter be able to prepare their students with assistance in preparing and nurses for the high technology based nursing care and thank you mr. chairman kim mr. chairman, i want to just commend senator mark lee on this amendment. as a former community college teacher as well as chairman of implement and workplace safety i agree community colleges are extremely valuable in finding in how a skilled workforce so i share your concern that they be adequately addressed in this and will work with you as we move to the floor he met with me and my voice to that as well. the community colleges are in a fabulous job and tremendous source of education opportunity for people and i am not sure we celebrated in an upper supportive enough and i suspect in the years to come given the rising cost of our education you'll see a greater role played by the community college system across the country and provide a quality education of substantially reduce costs from the others are charging. whenever we can do to expand those opportunities and to imagine up with the ever growing demand for people in the health-care professions make all the sense of