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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. McBATH. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding.

Madam Speaker, I celebrate this Women's History Month by reflecting on the achievement of so many women who have blazed a trail for the generations that followed them; women who didn't listen when they were told that they couldn't, they shouldn't, or that they didn't belong.

American women have fought for the right to vote, the right to equal education, the right to reproductive healthcare, and the right to financially provide for our families and be compensated the same as men. And we will continue these fights until our Constitution declares that women are equal in the eyes of the law.

It is time for full constitutional equality. The American people overwhelmingly support this bipartisan legislation. I am proud to vote for it again today in honor of the generations of women that have made strides toward equality. I know that we will soon achieve it.

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Mrs. McBATH. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), our esteemed leader of the House.

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Mrs. McBATH. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler) to control the balance of my time.

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