[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 33 (Tuesday, March 22, 1994)]
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              COMMEMORATIVE STAMP OF NINETEENTH AMENDMENT

  (Mrs. KENNELLY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. KENNELLY. Mr. Speaker, next year this Nation will celebrate a 
milestone: the 75th anniversary of women winning the constitutional 
right to vote.
  It is hard to imagine a time when women were not allowed to vote. It 
is especially difficult to believe for the 49 women who sit in this 
Chamber.
  But just as we wonder today about the delay in granting this right, 
men and women in the future will wonder why we did not enact the equal 
rights amendment sooner.
  Twenty-two years ago today, Congress passed the ERA. Unfortunately, 
it is still not the law of the land. The passage of the 19th amendment 
was the result of almost 75 years of steadfast work. It is my profound 
hope that we can add the ERA to the Constitution much quicker than 
that.
  The Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues has sent a letter to the 
Postal Service, asking them to commission a stamp to commemorate the 
19th amendment. I hope we get that. But an even better celebration 
would be the final ratification of the ERA.
  I hope my colleagues will support our request for a commemorative 
stamp. And I also hope we can one day soon complete the work of 22 
years ago today.

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