[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 153 (Thursday, September 28, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H9596]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   WOMEN STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO

  (Ms. HARMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. HARMAN. Mr. Speaker, time is running out to move the statue of 
women suffragettes from the Capitol crypt to the Capitol rotunda. 
Despite the unanimous support of the Senate and wide bipartisan support 
from the House, no action has been taken. Is that where women's rights 
have been relegated this Congress, to the basement?
  This Congress has already waged numerous assaults on women. During 
the appropriations process, choice opponents succeeded in restricting a 
woman's constitutional right to choose, and they threaten to take us 
back to the days of dangerous back alley abortions.
  Congress has broken its promise to take violence against women 
seriously. Last Congress we passed the Violence Against Women Act, yet 
this year its funding was substantially reduced.
  Education is one of the best ways to increase opportunities for 
women. Congress, however, recently eliminated the Women's Educational 
Equity Act and reduced job training programs for women. The refusal to 
move the statue of Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. 
Anthony is symbolic of this Congress' assault against women. If women 
cannot gain a reasonable place in the Capitol rotunda, what can we 
expect legislatively?
  Women gained the right to vote 75 years ago, but we still have a long 
way to go, even to get out of the basement.

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