{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://horn.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-kendra-horn-equal-pay-day", "Congresswoman Kendra Horn on Equal Pay Day", "2019-04-02", "2019", "2019-04", "Democrat", "House", "OK", "Kendra Horn", "H001083", "horn.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C.  Today marks Equal Pay Day, the date where women's wages catch up to what men were paid in the previous year. Congresswoman Kendra Horn, a long-time advocate for pay equity, is continuing that work as the Representative for Oklahoma's 5th Congressional District.\nEqual pay is not a women's issue; it's a family issue and an economic issue, Congresswoman Horn said. A wage gap means less money in the home for food, for bills, for doctor's visits and school supplies. Oklahomans sent me to Washington to advocate for women and families, but I'm not here just to point out problems. I'm here to find solutions. That's why I was proud to support the Paycheck Fairness Act.\nLast week, the House passed H.R. 7, the Paycheck Fairness Act. It is designed to ensure equal pay for equal work by strengthening the 1963 Equal Pay Act. It provides resources to businesses so they can help close the wage gap, formally recognizes businesses that are excelling at equal pay, and creates a negotiation training program for women and girls. It requires employers to prove pay disparities exist for legitimate reasons.\nThe bill successfully made it out of the House and is headed to the Senate.\nThis is a critical piece of legislation, Congresswoman Horn said. We have to address our pay gap problem not only for our families but also for our overall economy.\nOklahoma loses $10 billion in annual wages that women and families could be spending in their communities, according to the National Partnership for Women and Families.\nThe average American woman earned 80 cents for every $1 her male colleague earns. In Oklahoma, women make 77 cents for each dollar their male colleagues earn, and the rate is even more significant for Oklahoman women of color. Black women earn 61 cents, Latinas earn 50 cents and Asian women earn 64 cents for every dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic men. That puts Oklahoma in the top-ten states with the highest pay gaps. In our state, more than 178,000 family households are headed by women. About a third of those families have incomes that fall below the poverty level.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://horn.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-kendra-horn-equal-pay-day"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8881560061126947, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}