TAILIEUCHUNG - CONCERN OVER MAKE-UP OF GOV. RENDELL'S STIMULUS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

those of us who are concerned about the make-up of the Stimulus. Oversight Committee. . Nationally, women make up less than 15 percent of the construction . | CONCERN OVER MAKE-UP OF GOV. RENDELL’S STIMULUS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE PITTSBURGH, PA, APRIL 22, 2009: Thank you Rep. Wagner and Rep. Wheatly for organizing this press conference today to bring together those of us who are concerned about the make-up of the Stimulus Oversight Committee. I am Joanne Tosti-Vasey, President of Pennsylvania NOW, the state chapter of the National Organization for Women. On behalf of the over 13,000 contributing NOW members here in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania NOW is calling on Governor Edward G. Rendell to reconsider the appointments made by the Executive Order to the state’s Stimulus Package Oversight Committee. He and the Committee need to add more women and people of color to this committee. Of the 14 people appointed, only one – Representative Jennifer Mann – is a woman and only one – Tony Ross – is a person of color. The stimulus package was created to ensure that all men, women, and children in the United States are positively impacted by President Obama’s stimulus program. We believe that without full representation on this oversight committee, women will be left out of the full program of projects here in Pennsylvania. We are concerned that an oversight committee that is made up of 93 percent men will focus mostly on “shovel-ready” jobs rather than looking at and approving programs for all men and women in PA. Nationally, women make up less than 15 percent of the construction industry, and a lot of the positions filled by women are lower- paying administrative jobs -- not the work that pays serious money. Women's unemployment is almost as high as men's unemployment levels, and we know that 40 percent of women are the sole support of ~ MORE ~ Federal Stimulus Package Oversight Committee Page 2 themselves and/or their families. They should not be left out of these programs. While we are rebuilding our infrastructure with the “shovel-ready” jobs, we also need to be rebuilding our “human infrastructure” with teachers, social workers, .

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