Today is Equal Pay Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness of the gender pay gap by highlighting how far into a new year a woman must work, on average, to earn what a man did in the previous year.
Over the course of a year, this pay gap can add up to thousands of dollars in lost earnings. And over the course of a career, it can add up to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
In 1963, Congress passed the Equal Pay Act, and yet in 2025, we still have not reached our goal of equal pay for equal work.
During my time in the House, I have supported the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would require employers to prove that pay disparities exist for legitimate, job-related reasons; provide assistance to all businesses to help them with equal pay practices; make improvements to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s and the Department of Labor’s tools for enforcing the Equal Pay Act; and more.
Frankly, it is unconscionable that in 2025 we are still fighting for paycheck fairness. Equal pay is a matter of justice, fairness, and respect; it is about living up to our values.
Congressman Sanford Bishop is serving in the United States House of Representatives, representing the constituents of the Second Congressional District of Georgia. A consensus builder who works with members on both sides of the aisle, Congressman Bishop is uniquely dedicated to his constituents and has demonstrated himself as a leader inside of Congress.
