And we would no longer need to commemorate Equal Pay Day as late as April.

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To mark Equal Pay Day yesterday, the Department of Labor released a set of reports on the gender pay gap and what the Administration has done to address it.

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On National Equal Pay Day, let us resolve to become a Nation that values the contributions of our daughters as much as those of our sons, denies them no opportunity, and sets no limits on their dreams.

WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Proclamation -- National Equal Pay Day, 2012

Just as Equal Pay Day brings attention to the disparity in pay for men and women, it could be useful to also establish an Equal Housework Day to benchmark the progress men are making performing household and caregiving tasks.

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NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 17, 2012, as National Equal Pay Day.

WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Proclamation -- National Equal Pay Day, 2012

National Equal Pay Day represents the date in the current year through which women must work to match what men earned in the previous year, reminding us that we must keep striving for an America where everyone gets an equal day's pay for an equal day's work.

WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Proclamation -- National Equal Pay Day, 2012

Change is the first legislation that I signed into law, the Lilly Ledbetter Act that has a very simple principle -- (applause) -- women should get paid an equal day's pay for an equal day's work, and our daughters should be treated just like our sons when it comes to the workplace. (Applause.) That's what change is.

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Regardless, President Obama responded by highlighting the first bill he signed in 2009, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which removed the previous 180-day statute of limitations for filing an equal-pay lawsuit when a worker found out later that they had been unfairly discriminated against.

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