[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 8, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2814]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

  (Mrs. MORELLA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MORELLA. Mr. Speaker, today, March 8, we commemorate 
International Women's Day, and is it not appropriate to have Rabbi 
Rachel Mikva offer us the morning inspiration.
  This is a time to recall the difficulties which women in the United 
States and around the world continue to face in their efforts to 
achieve equal rights and equal opportunity and to commit ourselves to 
remedy the difficulties.
  Recent times have seen great attention to the subject of women and 
human rights. Women made great gains at the Vienna Human Rights 
Conference, and last September's International Conference on Population 
and Development focused attention not only on the need for access to 
family planning but other issues also concerning women, literacy, 
girls' education, and childhood and maternal nutrition programs. 
Women's issues are central to the current economic conference in 
Copenhagen and will take center stage at the Beijing conference later 
this year.
  As we look to cutting U.S. foreign assistance, I hope we will take 
care to see the benefits which we receive when we support women's 
rights. Let us in all ways make sure that we celebrate International 
Women's Day.


                          ____________________