ms. ledbetter and mr. gross, hearings are so technical, so legal, i'm sure at the e of the day, a lot of people think thisill never affect me, but each of you has a story about how it affected you personally and i thank you very much for doing that. ms. ledbetter, we met before, and i congratula you for not giving up after the supreme court. i was there when president obama signed the ledbetter bill and was proud to be a part of that. having worked with the farm bureau, i'm sorry were you a victim of age discrimination and sorrth supreme court, supposed to be a non-activist court, decided to invent a legal theory to deny you recovery. i think that's unfortunate. ms. gibbons, 1 years ago i was up in prince william sound, right after the spill and saw it. never forget it, as long as i live and i, too, share your skepticism of the promises made on the corporate side and know we need hava court system and a congress that is sensitive to the need to think, as you say, and be thoughtful in wait we approach some

ms. ledbetter and mr. gross, hearings are so technical, so legal, i'm sure at the end of the day, a lot of people think this will never affect me, but each of you has a story about how it affected you personally and i thk you vermuch for doing that. ms. ledbetter, we met before, and i congratulate you for not giving up after the supreme court. i was there when present obama signed the ledbetter bill and was proud to be a part of that. ving worked with the farm bureau, i'm sorry were you a victim of age discrimination a sorry e supreme court, supposed to be a non-activist court, decided to invent a legal theoryo deny you recovery. i think that's unfortunate. ms. gions, 1 years ago i was up in prince william sound, right afte the spill and saw it. never forget it, as long as i live and i, too, share your skepticism of the promises made on the corporateide and know we need have a court system and a congress that is sensive to the need to think, as you say, and be thoughtful in wait we approach some of these e