Equal Pay Act of 1963
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 is a United States labor law amending the Fair Labor Standards Act, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex (see Gender pay gap). It was signed into law on June 10, 1963, by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program. In passing the bill, Congress stated that sex discrimination:The law provides (in part) that:
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Andrews supports equal pay. 
and supported the Paycheck Fairness Act which recognizes and aims to eradicate gender-based wage discrimination that remains a problem for women in the U.S. workforce and to strengthen the Equal Pay Act. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, "women only make 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man" and The Institute of Women's Policy Research found that this "wage disparity will cost women anywhere from $400,000 to $2 million over a lifetime in lost wages."