Today, I stood alongside my colleagues, Rep. Lois Frankel, Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández, Melanie Campbell, and Melvina Ford, in support of the Black Women’s Equal Pay Day Resolution, marking July 21 as Black Women's Equal Pay Day.

Together, we spoke on the need to close the persistent wage gap Black women continue to face. At a time when the cost of living remains a concern for many families, Black women still earn just 65 cents for every dollar earned by white, non-Hispanic men.