Megan Rapinoe took the U.S. national women’s soccer team’s battle for equal pay to the House of Representatives on Wednesday, testifying “there is no level of status, accomplishments, or power that will protect you from the clutches of inequity.”
“One cannot simply outperform inequality or be excellent enough to escape discrimination of any kind,” Rapinoe said in her opening statement before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Rapinoe, and other members of the national team are scheduled to join President Biden and first lady Jill Biden at the White House to mark Equal Pay Day late Wednesday afternoon.