This One's for the Girls!

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Obama Signs Equal-Pay Legislation

WASHINGTON — President Obama signed his first bill into law on Thursday, approving equal-pay legislation that he said would “send a clear message that making our economy work means making sure it works for everybody...,”

“It is fitting that with the very first bill I sign — the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act — we are upholding one of this nation’s first principles: that we are all created equal and each deserve a chance to pursue our own version of happiness,” the president said.

You can read it here...,
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/us/politics/30ledbetter-web.html?_r=1

This is a gift for our girls. The world is a better place for them because of those who came before us-those who fought for equal rights, equal pay and justice.

Thank you, Mr. President.

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