[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 142 (Tuesday, October 21, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H8840]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              THE CONGRESSIONAL CAUCUS FOR WOMEN'S ISSUES

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the Speaker's announced policy of 
January 21, 1997, the gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands [Ms. 
Christian-Green] is recognized during morning hour debates for 2 
minutes.
  Ms. CHRISTIAN-GREEN. Madam Speaker, I rise to salute the 
Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues for 20 years of leadership and 
tenacity on legislation affecting the lives of women and all Americans.
  Our founders, Representatives Elizabeth Holtzman and Margaret Heckler 
had the foresight to realize that women and their families required 
significantly more attention from our Nation's leaders.
  The baton has been passed on to us and so I salute all of my 
colleagues, past and present, Democrat and Republican, and especially 
Representatives Norton and Johnson for the direction and leadership 
they have provided to this distinguished caucus.
  I hope that you have noticed that our famous women's intuition is 
alive and well. Just this past weekend in my district, the Virgin 
Islands, women were reenergized as they came together at the annual 
women's conference hosted by our Senate president, Senator Lorraine 
Berry and the local women's caucus. And this week, as we celebrate our 
anniversary, members of the Congressional Black Caucus and thousands of 
American African women are preparing to travel to Philadelphia for the 
million woman march on Saturday.
  Madam Speaker, I am proud to have been given the wonderful 
opportunity to be one of the caucuses' 50 members in the 105th 
Congress, and although some of us will not be in Philadelphia this 
weekend, we should all stand with the women who will be there in the 
Godly, creative, energetic, and loving spirit that has made this caucus 
what it is.
  So Madam Speaker, I am pleased today to salute the past, the present, 
and, most importantly, the future of the Congressional Caucus for 
Women's Issues.

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