Vice President Joe Biden told supporters the Lilly Ledbetter Act is "not a big deal in terms of equal pay" at a St. Augustine, Fla., campaign event Saturday.
BIDEN: All the Lilly Ledbetter said was if a woman finds out she’s been treated and treated wrongly, cheated in terms of her salary and benefits at work. That she’s able to sue from the moment she finds out. That’s all it said. Because they were locked out they said that if you didn’t learn within two years you were being cheated then you’re out of luck. But we changed the law. It’s not a --it’s a big deal for women, but it’s not a big deal in terms of equal pay. But it’s an important-- and they couldn’t even support that