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Removing Deadline for Ratification of Equal Rights Amendment

Floor Speech

Date: Feb. 13, 2020
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

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Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Madam Speaker, I thank Chairman Nadler for yielding.

In Texas, many years ago, I marched in support of the equal rights amendment. Today, I join my colleagues to reaffirm that support.

Women are behind some of this Nation's greatest achievements. We fought for civil rights, set athletic records, sent men to space, and then went there ourselves. We have forged our paths in history, yet we are still not equal to men under the eyes of the law.

We must remove this stain from our Constitution. Today, we are voting to remove an arbitrary deadline so we can finally prohibit gender discrimination under the Constitution.

Madam Speaker, I will proudly vote in favor of the resolution, and I urge all my colleagues to do the same.

As many in my district would say, ``It is time to approve the ERA.'' ``Ya es hora de aprobar el ERA.''

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