[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 144 (Thursday, October 23, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H9045]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF TITLE IX

  (Ms. KILPATRICK asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KILPATRICK. Madam Speaker, yesterday the bipartisan Congressional 
Caucus for Women's Issues held a very successful title IX hearing. This 
is the 25th anniversary of title IX and it has afforded the opportunity 
for hundreds of thousands of young women and others to attend higher 
education. Title IX was signed into law by President Nixon and enacted 
on June 23, 1972.
  I am happy to also announce that today I will introduce legislation 
for a Congressional Gold Medal for Ms. Wilma Rudolph, a pioneer. The 
legislation is sponsored by original sponsors, nearly 40 of them here 
in this House of Representatives. It just so happens that June 23, the 
day the bill was enacted, is Ms. Wilma Rudolph's anniversary of her 
birthday, and we honor title IX.
  Twenty-five years. We have come a long way, and we have a long way to 
go into the new millennium. It is our hope the Congressional Caucus on 
Women's Issues will put this issue before the Committee on Economic and 
Educational Opportunities.

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