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t the helm. i think weamp。rsquo。d all agree that weneed more women in congress. (applause.) fewer than 20percent of congressional seats are held by women. clearly, congress would get more done iftheratio was (laughter) evened out a little bit. so weamp。rsquo。ve got to work on that. and weamp。rsquo。ve all got to do more tomake our workplaces more weling to women. becausethe numbers show that even when men and women are in the sameprofession and have thesame education, thereamp。rsquo。s still a wage gap, and it widensover time. so weamp。rsquo。re going to keepmakingthe case for why these policies are the right ones for working families this is all going tolead up to this firstever white house summit on working families onjune 23rd. so, ultimately, equal pay is notjust an economic issue for millions of americans and theirfamilies. itamp。rsquo。s also about whether weamp。rsquo。re willing tobuild an economy that works for everybody,and whether weamp。rsquo。re going to do ourpart to make sure that our daughters have the same chancesto pursue theirdreams as our sons, and whether or not weamp。rsquo。re willing to restore to the heartofthis country that basic idea you can make it, no matter who you are, if youtry. and thatamp。rsquo。s personal for me. iamp。rsquo。ve said this before iamp。rsquo。ve got twodaughters and i expect themto be treated just like anybodyamp。rsquo。s sons. and i think about my single mom working hard,going toschool, trying to raise two kids all at the same time. and i think about my grandmother tryingtowork her way up through her career and then hitting the glass ceiling. and iamp。rsquo。ve seen howhard theyamp。rsquo。ve worked, and iamp。rsquo。veseen how theyamp。rsquo。ve sucked it up. and theyput up with stuff andthey donamp。rsquo。t say anything, and they just take care of theirfamily and they take care ofthemselves, and they donamp。rsquo。t plain a lot. but at a certain point, we have the power todosomething about it for the next generation. and this is a good place to start. so, for everybody out there whoamp。rsquo。slistening, ask your senator where you stand on paycheckfairness. (applause.) if they tell you that thereamp。rsquo。s not a pay gap out there, you tell them tolookat the data, because there is. itamp。rsquo。stime to get this done. and iamp。rsquo。m going todo my small part rightnow by signing this executive order and presidentialmemoranda. (applause.