Senate Proceeding 01-21-09 on Jan 21st, 2009 :: 2:35:40 to 2:40:10
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George Voinovich: should be -- should be paid equal pay for equal, the presiding officer: the clerk will report the pending business. the clerk: calendar number 14, s. 181, a bill of the civil rights a purposj?. the presiding officer: the

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Speech By: George Voinovich

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George Voinovich: senator from ohio is recognized. sroeufp sroeufp -- strong -- mr. voinov for the amendment -- put on. before i discuss the merits of the hutchison amendment, i want to thank sator my skull can i

2:36:18 to 2:36:39( Edit History Discussion )

George Voinovich: for her -- senator mikulski for her commitment to debate the legislation. i'd like to thank the democratic leader, the senator from nevada, and also the minority leader, the senator from kentucky, for getting together and deciding that we're going to go back to the tradition here in the of having bills and agreeing on

2:36:40 to 2:37:02( Edit History Discussion )

George Voinovich: amendments, a number of amendments, and returning things to the point where i think it will enhance the reputation of this great body in terms of a body that's looking in on us. i hope this is the beginning of a new era here. it's so important that we work together on all of these issues so thathe people out there know t know they're hurting.

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George Voinovich: and i think the more we can wk together, i think the better they're going to feel about the future of our country. we're in a kind of a very, very fragile period and on thin ice. i'd like to thank my colleague, senator hutchison, who i know is extremely busy in her role as ranking member of the commerce committee. her efforts to reach a common sense solution are commendable.

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George Voinovich: she is in a strong position to speak on issues arise tpr-g her substitute amendment and -- from her substitute amendment and senator mikulski's underlying legislation. senator hutchison is going to say in her opening remarks, as a young lawyer coming out of law school, she experienced the nefarious consequences of gender discrimination.

2:37:45 to 2:38:06( Edit History Discussion )

George Voinovich: in addition, i think her experience as a small business owner and the general counsel after bank provided senator hutchison with the unique perspective to understand the problems with senator mikulski's legislation. if there is one thing on which we all agree, gender and any other forms of discrimination are wrong, illegal and should not be tolerated.

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George Voinovich: this debate should not whether one party condones illegal skreufplt rather on how to strike the right balance today dress the situation in which a person is sject to an in but through no fault of their own has no way to know as i mentioned during my retireme announcement last week, one of the reasons i decideed to retire in two years was the desire to spend more

2:38:29 to 2:38:51( Edit History Discussion )

George Voinovich: time with my family. i'm the proud father of a daughter, betsy, who is phi beta kappa. when she was growing up, i honey, the sky is the limit for whatever you want to do. and i think that we made great progress in this area, still is much more to do. i have seven grandchildren, and six of them are girls.

2:38:52 to 2:39:12( Edit History Discussion )

George Voinovich: and i said the same them, "the sky is the limit." my oldest granddaughter, fth, is 12 years old. one of these days she's going to be out in that business world. so the point is this, is that no one should be restrained -- constrained from using their god-given talents. based on the debate so far, i believe there is a good deal of

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George Voinovich: agreement between the members who support senator hutchison and members who support senator mikulski's legislation. we agree that discrimination based on gender is illegal and wrong. we also agree that the dynamics of a modern workplace make instances of such discrimination -l difficult to detect if the discriminates is reflected in pay decisions.

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George Voinovich: a person denied a job or terminated, pay discrimination may not be obvious. the source of our disreement is phou to find a -- is how to find a solution to specific issue. i want to support senator hutchison's amendment, but i believe there is some misconceptions about the supreme court'sedbetter vs. good year decision. advocates of the ledbetter

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George Voinovich: legiation have continued to state that passing the lilly ledbetter fair pay act will before the supreme court's decision. i believe that's misleading. in his ledbetter supreme court clarified a faulty