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Removing the Deadline for the Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment

Floor Speech

Date: March 17, 2021
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Women Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

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Mrs. TRAHAN. Madam Speaker, I rise in full support of the equal rights amendment and to debunk some of the nonsense being spouted by my colleagues across the aisle.

This legislation is not about special rights, it is not about preferential treatment, and it is not about erasing sex differences. It is about finally guaranteeing equal rights, plain and simple.

Critics of the ERA know that, or at least they would if they actually read the legislation. It is right there for all of us to see. ``Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex,'' period.

Everyone in this Capitol has a mother, and some of us are blessed to have daughters. This amendment is about them. It is about completing the work of generations of women before us who marched for full equality, and it is about finishing that journey so that the next generation will experience nothing other than full and fair rights under the law.

I urge my colleagues to give our daughters that chance. Join us and pass this resolution.

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