The U.S. Soccer Federation has hired two lobbying firms to argue that there is no pay gap between the U.S. Women's National Team and the men, according to a Politico report. This comes after two senators — Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) — introduced a bill in July requiring Olympic and amateur athletes to be paid equally.

USWNT players filed a lawsuit against U.S. Soccer in March, saying U.S. Soccer "continually rejected WNT players' requests for pay equal to the pay afforded to MNT players." Their fight for equal pay was a cornerstone of their 2019 World Cup Championship run.

Politico reported that FBB Federal Relations and Van Ness Feldman are working on behalf of U.S. Soccer and are circulating a presentation that states the women made more money than the men last year.

Representatives from the women’s and men’s soccer teams spoke out against the move in statements to Politico , with USWNT spokeswoman Molly Levinson saying their presentation, “inflated and cherry-picked numbers” and didn’t take into account the number of games and wins of each team.

U.S. Soccer did not respond to an email from USA TODAY Sports seeking comment on Wednesday.