This concurrent resolution expresses Congress's recognition of its duty to address the needs of approximately 75 million working women in the United States. The resolution criticizes recent executive and administrative actions that it claims have weakened workplace protections, reduced civil rights enforcement, eliminated the Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor, and undermined pay equity efforts. It cites statistics showing that women have been exiting the workforce, unemployment among women has risen, and the wage gap between men and women has increased over two years. The resolution commits Congress to advancing equal pay, workplace safety, affordable childcare, paid leave, health care access, and union organizing rights for all workers. As a concurrent resolution, this measure expresses the sense of Congress but does not create new law or allocate funding; it serves as a statement of principles intended to guide future legislative action on women's workplace equity.
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