; Whereas the game against the Netherlands was the 50th game played by the USWNT at the World Cup—the most by any country—and the USWNT is also the first to play in 3 consecutive Women’s World Cup Finals; Whereas, as the USWNT continues to score big on the global stage, it continues to fight for equal treatment in the workplace at home, and, following a Federal wage complaint with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2016, the members of the USWNT sued the United States Soccer Federation on March 28, 2019, for discrimination by paying the women’s national team less than the men’s national team for equal work and by denying them equal playing, training, and travel conditions, promotion of their games, support, and development; Whereas the USWNT generates more revenue and attracts higher TV ratings than their male counterparts, but get paid less simply because they are women; Whereas women have been fighting for equal rights in sports since the enactment of title IX, the 1972 law that prohibits discrimination based on sex in all federally funded education initiatives; Whereas the World Cup champions won America’s respect for their grit and determination on and off the field, and the USWNT members who inspire our country with their patriotism, poise, tenacity, skill, and excellence every time they take the field deserve to be fairly compensated; and Whereas, despite FIFA’s efforts to increase the Women’s World Cup prize money from $15,000,000 in 2015 to $30,000,000 in 2019, the gap between men’s and women’s pay is still significant, as the 2018 men’s World Cup prize stood at $400,000,000: Now, therefore, be it