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It's why I issued a call to raise the minimum wage, and when Congress ignored that call, 18 states and the District of Columbia,
我還呼吁提高最低工資，而國會對此無動于衷時，有18 個州和哥倫比亞特區
plus another 51 cities and counties went ahead and gave their workers a raise.
加上其它51 個城鎮卻行動起來，給他們的工人加薪。
It's why the very first bill I signed was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act;
這就是為什么我盡早簽署《萊德貝特公平報酬法》；
why we gave paid sick days to federal contractors;
我們提供帶薪病假給聯邦承包人；
why we've fought for worker safety and the right to organize.
我們為工人的安全和組織的權利而戰。
And we've made good progress.
我們已經取得了良好的進展。
For a few years after the recession, the top one percent did capture almost all income gains.
經濟衰退后的幾年，1%最富有者幾乎都有辦法增加收入。
But that share has been cut by almost half. Last year, income for everybody else grew at the fastest pace since the 1990s.
但那時股價幾乎被腰斬。去年，每個人的收入增長速度是1990 年代以來的最快的。
And another 20 million Americans know the financial security of health insurance.
另有2 千萬名美國人知曉健康保險的金融保障。
I'm the first to say we've got more work to do in the years ahead.
我首先提出，我們在未來的歲月里還有更多的工作要做。
I know we're in the heat of a more raucous political season than usual.
我知道我們身處于比平時更加熱絡的政治季節里。
But we can't get so distracted by the latest bluster that we lose sight of the policies that will actually help working families get ahead.
但我們不能被爭吵聲分散注意力，而看不見的政策實際上會幫助工薪家庭獲得成功。
The truth is, that's what's caused some of the frustration that's roiling our politics right now
這是真的，現在政治動蕩引起一些失落感，
too many working folks still feel left behind by an economy that's constantly changing.
太多工作的人們還是覺得跟不上當前經濟波動的節奏。
So as a country, we've got to make some choices.
作為一個國家，我們有一些選項要抉擇。
Do we want to be a country where the typical woman working full-time earns 79 cents for every dollar a man makes
典型的女性全職工作的國家，是女工賺0.79 美元的崗位男性卻能賺一美元，
or one where they earn equal pay for equal work?
還是男女同工同酬？
