公司团支部换届改选竞职演讲vegotsomeresistancefromsomefolksonthisissueuponcapitolhilljustfitswiththislargerproblem，thisvisionthatthecongressionalrepublicansseemtobecontinuallyembracing--thisnotionthat，youknowwhat，yoursquo;rejustonyourown，nomatterhowunfairthingsare.youseeitintheirbudget.thebudgettherepublicansincongressjustputforwardlastweek，itrsquo;slikeabadrerun.itwouldgivemassivetaxcutstohouseholdsmakingmorethanamilliondollarsayear，forcedeepcutstothingsthatactuallyhelpworkingfamilieslikeearlyeducationandcollegegrantsandjobtraining.and，ofcourse，itincludesthatnovelideaofrepealingtheaffordablecareact.（laughter.）fiftiethtimetheyrsquo;vetriedthat--whichwouldmeanthemorethan7millionamericanswhorsquo;vedonetheresponsiblethingandsigneduptobuyhealthinsurance，theyrsquo;dlosetheirhealthinsurance;andthe3millionyoungadultswhorsquo;vestayedontheirparentsrsquo;plan，theyrsquo;dnolongerhavethatavailable;takeusbacktothedayswheninsurerscouldchargewomenmorejustforbeingawoman.onminimumwage，threeoutoffouramericanssupportraisingtheminimumwage.usuallywhenthreeoutoffouramericanssupportsomething，membersofcongressarerightthere.（laughter.）andyethere，republicansincongressaredeadsetagainstit，blockingapayraisefortensofmillionsofamericans--amajorityofthemwomen.thisisnrsquo;tjustabouttreatingwomenfairly.thisisaboutrepublicansseeminglyopposinganyeffortstoeventheplayingfieldforworkingfamilies.andiwasupinmichiganlastweekandijustasked--idonrsquo;tunderstandfullythetheorybehindthis.idonrsquo;tknowwhyyouwouldresisttheideathatwomenshouldbepaidthes第1页共3页ameasmen，andthendenythatthatrsquo;snotalwayshappeningoutthere.ifrepublicansincongresswanttoprovemewrong，iftheywanttoshowthatthey，infact，docareaboutwomenbeingpaidthesameasmen，thenshowme.theycanstarttomorrow.theycanjoinusinthis，the21stcentury，andvoteyesonthepaycheckfairnessact.（applause.）voteyes.andifanybodyiswatchingorlistening，ifyoucareaboutthisissue，thenletyoursenatorsknowwhereyoustand--becauseamericadeservesequalpayforequalwork.thisisnotsomethingwersquo;regoingtoachieveinaday.therersquo;sgoingtobealotofstuffthatwersquo;vegottodotoclosethepaygap.wegottomakeitpossibleformorewomentoenterhigh-payingfieldsthatupuntilnowhavebeendominatedbymen，likeengineeringandcomputerscience.womenholdlessthan6percentofourcountryrsquo;scommercialpatents--thatrsquo;snotgoodenough.weneedmoreparentsandhighschoolteachersandcollegeprofessorsencouraginggirlsandwomentostudymathandscience.weneedmorebusinessestomakegenderdiversityaprioritywhentheyhireandwhentheypromote.fewerthanfivepercentoffortune500companieshavewomenatthehelm.ithinkwersquo;dallagreethatweneedmorewomenincongress.（applause.）fewerthan20percentofcongressionalseatsareheldbywomen.clearly，congresswouldgetmoredoneiftheratiowas--（laughter）--evenedoutalittlebit.sowersquo;vegottoworkonthat.andwersquo;veallgottodomoretomakeourworkplacesmorewelcomingtowomen.becausethenumbersshowthatevenwhenmenandwomenareinthesameprofessionandhavethesameeducation，therersquo;sstillawagegap，anditwidensovertime.sowersquo;regoingtokeepmakingthecaseforwhythesepoliciesaretherightonesforworkingfamiliesandbusinesses.andthisisallgoingto第2页共3页leaduptothisfirst-everwhitehousesummitonworkingfamiliesonjune23rd.so，ultimately，equalpayisnotjustaneconomicissueformillionsofamericansandtheirfamilies.itrsquo;salsoaboutwhetherwersquo;rewillingtobuildaneconomythatworksforeverybody，andwhetherwersquo;regoingtodoourparttomakesurethatourdaughtershavethesamechancestopursuetheirdreamsasoursons，andwhetherornotwersquo;rewillingtorestoretotheheartofthiscountrythatbasicidea--youcanmakeit，nomatterwhoyouare，ifyoutry.andthatrsquo;spersonalforme.irsquo;vesaidthisbefore--irsquo;vegottwodaughtersandiexpectthemtobetreatedjustlikeanybodyrsquo;ssons.andithinkaboutmysinglemomworkinghard，goingtoschool，tryingtoraisetwokidsallatthesametime.andithinkaboutmygrandmothertryingtoworkherwayupthroughhercareerandthenhittingtheglassceiling.andirsquo;veseenhowhardtheyrsquo;veworked，andirsquo;veseenhowtheyrsquo;vesuckeditup.andtheyputupwithstuffandtheydonrsquo;tsayanything，andtheyjusttakecareoftheirfamilyandtheytakecareofthemselves，andtheydonrsquo;tcomplainalot.butatacertainpoint，wehavethepowertodosomethingaboutitforthenextgeneration.andthisisagoodplacetostart.so，foreverybodyouttherewhorsquo;slistening，askyoursenatorwhereyoustandonpaycheckfairness.（applause.）iftheytellyouthattherersquo;snotapaygapoutthere，youtellthemtolookatthedata，becausethereis.itrsquo;stimetogetthisdone.andirsquo;mgoingtodomysmallpartrightnowbysigningthisexecutiveorderandpresidentialmemoranda.（applause.）第3页共3页
